China criticizes Canada's human rights record, pointing to issues faced by Indigenous Peoples.
China is accusing Canada of hypocrisy for criticizing Beijing's human-rights record, pointing to issues faced by Indigenous Peoples . The blowback comes after Ottawa sanctioned eight Chinese officials it accuses of grave human rights violations against ethnic and religious minorities, and voiced concern about democracy in Hong Kong.
Ottawa issued a statement last month that cited reports of arbitrary and violent detention of Uyghur people, as well as repression toward Tibetans and Falun Gong practitioners. Global Affairs Canada also says it deplores that authorities are issuing international bounties for Hong Kong democracy activists and former lawmakers from the territory, including Canadians. Beijing says those claims are baseless and it has sanctioned groups and activists in Canada who advocate for minorities in China, barring citizens from certain interactions with these activists. Since then, China's state media has repeatedly called out Canada over its treatment of Indigenous Peoples, claiming Ottawa is being hypocritical. 'Canada is in no position to lecture others on human rights,' Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said at a Dec. 11 press conference, according to an official translation. 'Even today, Canada's Indigenous people still face systemic racial discrimination and unfair treatment. Instead of dealing with it, Canada chooses to smear and vilify other countries.' Mao added that 'China has achieved enormous progress in human rights' that 'no one without bias can deny.' A day later, she added that 'the whole thing is an ugly, hypocritical political stunt done by some Canadian political figures under the pretext of human rights, to serve an unspeakable agenda and please the U.S.' China's embassy in Ottawa has been amplifying those messages on social media, including a political cartoon from a state-run media outlet CGTN showing a beaver with a tattered home telling a panda with an immaculate house that it has some cracks
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