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Thursday, May 14, 2026

Chinese envoy slams EU's false claim about 'restrictions' during UN human rights chief's visit in China - Global Times

The claims from the EU saying that UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet's visit to China underwent restrictions were untrue, said China's envoy to the EU, slamming the EU's attempt of politicizing human rights issues.

The activity arrangement during Bachelet's visit was based on her own wishes and open mutual consultation. Bachelet herself said in a press conference that she had extensive, unsupervised exchanges during her visit, a spokesperson from the Mission of China to the EU said, in response to a spokesperson from the EU claiming that Bachelet failed to secure full access to groups, individuals and "detention centers" in her visit to China's Xinjiang.

The Chinese spokesperson slammed some Western countries and anti-China forces for fabricating sensational lies on Xinjiang-related issues under the guise of human rights interest. All foreign people who have visited Xinjiang, like the High Commissioner herself, are able to draw objective and impartial conclusions on Xinjiang, the spokesperson said.

During Bachelet's visit to China from May 23 to 28, officials from departments including the Supreme People's Court, the Supreme People's Procuratorate, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the State Ethnic Affairs Commission, the Ministry of Public Security, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security and the All-China Women's Federation met and held talks with her respectively.

In Guangzhou, Bachelet visited new-style villages, elder care centers and...



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