{"id":50219,"date":"2015-10-18T22:38:00","date_gmt":"2015-10-18T22:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1:10081\/?p=50219 "},"modified":"2015-10-18T22:38:00","modified_gmt":"2015-10-18T22:38:00","slug":"50219-revision-v1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/minzhuzhongguo.org\/?p=50219","title":{"rendered":"China state visit: President \\’won\\’t shy\\’ from human rights record"},"content":{"rendered":"
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China’s ambassador to the UK says his country does not “shy away” from discussing human rights – but doubts Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn will raise the issue at next week’s state banquet.<\/div>
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Liu Xiaoming said President Xi Jinping’s state visit would focus on “partnership” and “co-operation” between the two countries.<\/div>
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The state visit, the first from China since 2005, begins on Tuesday.<\/div>
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Mr Corbyn’s spokesman has said he will use the visit to discuss human rights.<\/div>
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He is due to have a private meeting with the Chinese president, and has not ruled out using a state banquet at Buckingham Palace to make his case.<\/div>
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But Mr Liu told the BBC’s Andrew Marr Show: “I don’t think the Labour Party will raise this issue at a state banquet… I don’t think so.”<\/div>
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The president, he said, will be “here for co-operation, for partnership, he’s not here for debate about human rights”.<\/div>
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Mr Liu said it was “natural” there were differences between China and the UK, suggesting Chinese people care more about jobs and housing.<\/div>
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“We do not shy away from discussions about human rights,” he said, adding that he had a “good meeting” with Mr Corbyn last week and that China was “not interested in microphone diplomacy”.<\/div>
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“First of all, I think the state banquet is for Her Majesty, it is her show, either Jeremy Corbyn or others are her guest,” he said.<\/div>
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President Xi is also expected to address Parliament and hold talks with Prime Minister David Cameron.<\/div>
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Human Rights Watch: There has been a “marked deterioration” in human rights in China<\/div>
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David Mepham, UK director of campaign group Human Rights Watch, accused the ambassador of “empty rhetoric”.<\/div>
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He told the BBC News Channel: “What Human Rights Watch and others have documented over the last three years since Xi came to power as the president of China is a very rapid and marked deterioration in the human rights climate in China.”<\/div>
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Mr Mepham said there had been a “ferocious assault on human rights activists” in China, with “scores” of people sent to prison over the last three years, some of whom had been ill-treated and tortured.<\/div>
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He said it was right for Mr Corbyn, along with Mr Cameron and other cabinet members, to address human rights issues.<\/div>
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Mr Mepham added that activists in China said the public spotlight was vital for their own protection and to put increasing pressure on the Chinese government.<\/div>
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