BEIJING (Reuters) – The Chinese foreign ministry said on Tuesday that it hoped all parties at the United Nations reviewing China’s human rights record would follow the principles of being “constructive” and “non-politicised”.
China upholds a people-centred human rights philosophy and has made “historic progress” in human rights issues, Wang Wenbin, a ministry spokesperson, said at a regular news conference, when asked about a report China had been asking non-Western nations to speak positively about its human rights record.
According to diplomats and documents, China has been lobbying non-Western countries to praise its human rights record ahead of a key U.N. meeting in Geneva on Tuesday where it will face questions and criticism over its actions in Hong Kong and Xinjiang, Reuters reported on Monday.
(Reporting by Andrew Hayley; writing by Ryan Woo; Editing by Christian Schmollinger)
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