Chinese ambassador to Bangladesh Li Jiming has said that the US allegation of “forced labour in Xinjiang” was a lie and this lie, he warned, may hurt Bangladeshi readymade garment industry if people here are not cautious enough.
‘Obviously, Washington uses this lie about Xinjiang to smear and defame China, with the ultimate goal of containing China. The reason why I have brought it up here today is that, if Bangladeshi people are not cautious enough, this lie may hurt Bangladeshi RMG industry as well ,’ the diplomat said in a video post titled #AMinuteWithAmbassador on the Chinese embassy’s official Facebook page on Tuesday night.
He said, ‘It has come to my attention that a certain RMG industry association in Bangladesh recently alerted its members to the risks associated with cotton from China, due to the US allegation of “forced labour in Xinjiang”.’
The ambassador said that he had also noticed that the alert was issued following a meeting between the association and two representatives from “Indo-Pacific Opportunity Project” affiliated to some US Agency.
Li Jiming said, ‘The so-called “forced labour in Xinjiang” is entirely a lie. But why do they lie? It is now circulated on the internet that two US diplomats previously posted in Guangzhou reportedly confessed in 2021.’
He quoted the unnamed US diplomats as saying ‘Nothing is wrong about Xinjiang, but to attack their human rights policies is an effective way to make Xinjiang break away from the international industrial chain, and to make Uyghurs unhappy, turbulent and then fight against the Chinese government.’
This disclosure echoes a statement made by a former high-ranking US official in 2018, he added.
Bangladesh Garment Buying House Association has recently alerted its members to importing fabrics from China for making readymade garments as the United States has enacted a law imposing restrictions on import of goods made with alleged forced labour from Uyghur in China.
The US has signed the Uyghur Forced Labour Prevention Act into law on December 23, 2021.
The law required the commissioner of the US Customs and Border Protection to apply a presumption that imports of all goods, wares, articles and merchandise mined, produced or manufactured wholly or in part in the Xinjiang Uyghur Region of China or by entities identified by the US government are made with forced labour and are prohibited from entry into the United States.
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