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Biden dismisses Uighur genocide as part of China’s ‘different norms’
NY Post ^ | February 17, 2021 | Emily Jacobs

Posted on 02/17/2021 11:07:09 AM PST by SJackson

President Biden is dismissing the genocide against the Uighur population in China, dubbing the mass internment a “different norm” — despite the State Department this month responding to “atrocities” in the camps, following reports of systemic rape and torture.

The commander-in-chief made the remarks after being asked during his CNN town hall Tuesday evening about his recent conversation with his Chinese counterpart, starting his response by relaying Xi’s justification for the abuses.

“If you know anything about Chinese history, it has always been, the time when China has been victimized by the outer world is when they haven’t been unified at home,” Biden began. “So the central — well, vastly overstated — the central principle of Xi Jinping is that there must be a united, tightly controlled China. And he uses his rationale for the things he does based on that.”

China, a nation that has faced a wave of international scrutiny over the past few years relating to its activities in dismantling democracy in Hong Kong and its refusal to accept responsibility for negligence and a lack of transparency at the onset of the coronavirus outbreak, has not let global tensions stop its mass internment of Uighurs in Xinjiang province.

“I point out to him no American president can be sustained as a president, if he doesn’t reflect the values of the United States,” the US president continued. “And so the idea is that I am not going to speak out against what he’s doing in Hong Kong, what he’s doing with the Uighurs in western mountains of China and Taiwan — trying to end the one China policy by making it forceful … [Xi] gets it.”

“Culturally there are different norms that each country and their leaders are expected to follow,” he continued.

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To: brownsfan

had a reporter i nthe room been honest enouhg, an with enough integrity- they would have pointed that out to him and asked him to explain his comment-


21 posted on 02/17/2021 11:43:55 AM PST by Bob434
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To: Eleutheria5

[[Joseph Stolen]]

LOL= using that!


22 posted on 02/17/2021 11:44:27 AM PST by Bob434
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To: alloysteel

Communist Chinese resembling Nazis in WWII....

Biden would say just “different norms” like the burning and looting of cities was “mostly peaceful” and “demonstrations.”
And Antifa is “an idea.”

What if I decide my “norm” has to do with unleashing my pentup need to get revenge instead of leaving that to God? Is that okay, too? Then why bother with laws?


23 posted on 02/17/2021 11:46:27 AM PST by frank ballenger (End vote fraud, harvesting,non-citizen voting & leftist media news censorship or we are finished.)
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To: Bob434

An honest reporter with integrity?

You’re more likely to find an honest politician with integrity.


24 posted on 02/17/2021 11:48:46 AM PST by brownsfan (Term limits! Without term limits, we are doomed.)
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To: brownsfan
But slavery was part of a different norm in 1776 and we’re being held accountable today!

BINGO

25 posted on 02/17/2021 11:59:00 AM PST by Sonshinegirl
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To: SJackson

I predicted this. I’m sorry I was right.

China will probably attack Taiwan in another month or so.

Biden is such a POS. But so is everyone else in his filthy Party.


26 posted on 02/17/2021 12:05:40 PM PST by Seruzawa (TANSTAAFL)
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To: SJackson

Normalizing work camps so it won’t seem so shocking when they democrats start rounding up “domestic terrorist” Trump supporters.


27 posted on 02/17/2021 12:15:32 PM PST by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes.)
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To: SJackson; All

LOOK WHO IS USING CHINESE SLAVES
Pro-Black Lives Matter Corporations
many are Using Chinese Slave Labor
in their factorys in that moslem province
using practices which Trump condemed
7/9/2020, 2:25:08 PM · by yoe
Daniel Greenfield/Sultan of Knish ^reports on
| July 9, 2020 | Coca-Cola CEO
would like you to know that it cares
about oppression and believes America is evil.
In a rambling statement by CEO James Quincey*
check out these postings in http://www.freerepublic.com/
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3868414/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3861557/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers.com/3863465/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2863322/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3875857/posts
Most of this is happening in the area where Turkmen (Uigurs) live
who are racially different
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3935438/posts#16


28 posted on 02/17/2021 12:47:21 PM PST by mosesdapoet (mosesdapoet aka L.J.Keslin posting here for the record hoping somebody might read and pass around)
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To: SJackson

Rape and torture are unacceptable. But keeping a Muslim population under control is self-defense.


29 posted on 02/17/2021 1:07:36 PM PST by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Build the Wall Faster! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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