Canada’s House of Commons passed by a vote of 266-0 a non-binding motion on February 22, 2021, to declare that China is committing genocide against more than 1 million Uygurs and other ethnic minority people in the western Xinjiang region. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his Cabinet abstained from the vote.
The following day, Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin denounced the measure, saying that “genocide never existed in Xinjiang” and demanding that the Canadian side immediately cease engaging in political manipulation.
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