Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu on Thursday slashed a US
religious report criticizing China's religious situation, saying
"China is strongly resentful of and resolutely opposes the report
which runs counter to the fundamental principles of international
relations and openly interferes in China's internal affairs."
Commenting on the International Religious Freedom Report 2007
released by the US State Department, Jiang said the report's China
section has thrown stones at the country's religious and ethnic
policies for no reasons as before by trampling on the norms of
international relations, and has interfered in China's internal
affairs.
Jiang said that all ethnic groups and people across China enjoy
the freedom of belief fully as entitled by the law, and the Chinese
government has taken it a long-term policy to respect and protect
religious freedom of its citizens. "This is undeniable fact that
does not allow any distortion," she said.
She said China demands the US side stop using issues such as
religion to intervene in China's internal affairs, and do more to
promote mutual understanding and trust between the two countries
instead.
(Xinhua News Agency September 20, 2007)
