China Objects to EU Sanctions Push for Alleged Abuses in Tibet

China criticized a resolution passed by the European Parliament last week that urged the EU to sanction Chinese officials involved in the forced assimilation of Tibetan children into Chinese government-run boarding schools (see 2312150060), saying the resolution contained “disinformation.” Human rights conditions in Tibet “are better than ever,” a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said during a Dec. 19 press conference, adding that it’s “entirely up to the students and their parents whether to go to boarding schools or not.”

If the European Parliament “truly cares about human rights, it should address Europe’s own issues first and pay attention to human rights violations in places like Gaza,” the spokesperson said, “rather than apply double standard and selective negligence, and instrumentalize and weaponize the human rights issue.”