The United States ambassador for religious freedom has again urged on Monday China to provide its citizen religious freedom, what the envoy said could harbour gain trust from Taiwan, an island which the Chinese government considers its own territory.
According to Reuters news reports, during delivering a speech in Hong Kong on Friday, Sam Brownback said China was waging “war with faith” and that it required to respect the “sacred right” of people to worship, specifically Muslims locked up in foreign camps in Xinjiang.
Sam, on Monday, addressed the issue related to Taiwan which China considered it as its own province, and has vowed to unite Taiwan and China, including force if necessary.
Sam told Reuters: “If they want to build some confidence in Taiwan, they should give religious freedom to their own people,” adding, “If they would give religious freedom to their own people, that would be noticeable.”
In January, China’s President Xi Jinping has sought to reassure Taiwan’ people that religious and legal freedom would be respected under the peaceful “reunification”.
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen has in return rejected Xi’s call and instead urged China to embrace democracy.
Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Lu Kang has said China opposed any type of interaction between the US and Taiwan.
Lu said China runs various vocational training centres in Xinjiang in order to prevent terror and carry out radicalization. He added, “They are absolutely not, as the United States exaggerates, so-called re-education camps.”