China has disrupted its relations will almost many nations. Australia has gazed down a potential backlash from China by joining with nearly 40 countries to voice serious anxieties about “gross human rights violations” in the Xinjiang region and call for autonomous witnesses to be granted unfettered access. The Chinese government, which has taken several trade actions against Australia amid a growing strategic discussion this year, quickly attacked the signatories of “trying to provoke confrontation and division” and taking actions “that poison the atmosphere for cooperation”.
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The move comes as Australia’s foreign minister, Marise Payne, separately called on China not to assert maritime claims in the South China Sea that clashed with international law. Payne mentioned the need to uphold UN conventions but didn't name China immediately in her written statement after meeting in Tokyo on Tuesday with her counterparts from the US, Japan and India. Beijing views that grouping, known as the “Quad”, with suspicion because of fears it could eventually become a Nato-style regional alliance to counter China – but Australia maintains it is merely a diplomatic forum for cooperation.
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The concerns about the decreasing human rights condition in Xinjiang, Tibet and Hong Kong were aired in a much broader forum: a committee session of the United Nations General Assembly. Germany’s ambassador to the UN, Christoph Heusgen, read out the statement on behalf of 39 countries including Australia, New Zealand, the US, the UK and Japan – but not India – calling on China to respect “the rights of persons belonging to religious and ethnic minorities, especially in Xinjiang and Tibet”.
