Accusing other states this crime reflects an awakening of dark memories deeply rooted in the history of Western colonialism. Atrocities throughout the whole process is marked by invasions, torture, incarceration and mass killings.

Unable to shut down trade, the United States has shrewdly — if unfairly — attacked China and Russia over alleged human rights violations. But the strategy has only been destructive. Some political and business leaders in Europe have begun to worry about the potential end result.

Some abrasive and unfair claims have been made in the West about China’s measures to achieve stability in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. Population figures alone show conclusively that the outrageous accusation has no merit.

Western politicians and media have steadfastly refused to explain to the world how China has defeated terrorism. The success of the program has won plaudits around the world, including from Muslims. But the spin in the West represents yet another gratuitously negative dig.

Western public discourse regarding Xinjiang and other hot-button China issues is often subject to ridicule when it strays from dominating political opinion. Is it possible challenge the dominant media narrative?

Comments about Xinjiang should be based on reality, but unfortunately in the West they are not. Anti-China voices, led by the United States, are getting a level of attention that is far out of proportion to their credibility. The truth is easily established for fair-minded people.

Misunderstandings spread by poorly informed Western media, often using loaded language, cloud the truth. Academics need to seek primary sources.

Two letters recently submitted to the United Nations by different groups of Ambassadors reveal deeply conflicting views of the same situation: conditions at the education and training centers in Xinjiang. A closer look reveals that, as opposed to the dominant view in the west, the education and training centers both uphold the human rights of their participants and have been effective in curbing terrorism.

The US’s attempts to use Xinjiang as a bargaining chip in trade negotiations is a poor strategic move. Given President Trump’s checkered human rights history, the US will face difficulty in trying to rally international support around the Xinjiang issue.

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres raised the plight of Muslims in China’s Xinjiang region during a visit to Beijing last week, a U.N. spokesman said on Monday.