Is it more than just talk, or when will we walk the talk? 38th Human Rights Dialogue between China and the European Union

It starts like great news: China and the European Union meat in Brussels on February 17th to discuss various points on Human Rights.

According to the press release from    the EU representatives did mention amongst other issues "the particularly vulnerable situation of Uyghurs, Tibetans and persons belonging to religious, ethnic and linguistic minorities across the country", especially highlighting the situation in the Xinjiang province. China on the otherside responded by mentioning the situation and treatment of refugees and migrants in the EU and that various forms of racism and xenophobia are becoming more visible in the EU. 

Whereas both sides are right to some extent in their allegations, it doesn´t really help the victims or affected, actions are needed to improve the situation in both regions. Starting with a fair treatment of refugees and migrants in Europe and elsewhere, penalizing racism and xenophibia, especially when propagated by institutional groups / departments up to governemets but definitely not allowing any discrimination of minorities or usage of forced labour.

Is the "walk the talk" really going to happen? Various articles posted regarding this event are not too optimistic, i.e. are more on "blame the other side":

https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202302/1285756.shtml

https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/02/16/eu-suspend-meaningless-human-rights-dialogues-beijing

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3209844/eu-and-china-resume-human-rights-dialogue-next-week-days-xinjiang-chief-visits-brussels

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