At a UN review, China basks in the flattery of friendly countries

Once everyUN UPR) UN UPR UN five years or so, each member state has to have its human-rights record examined under a so-called Universal Periodic Review (overseen by the body’s Human Rights Council. Every country in the may pose questions and recommendations to the state under review. This week China had its turn. The event merely illustrated its success in creating a split between most countries in the global south, which tended to flatter China with friendly questions, and Western democracies, which castigated it.Rights campaigners had hoped the would offer scrutiny of China’s many abuses since its last review in 2018. It would be the first discussion of China’s human rights within the since the body published a report in 2022 alleging possible crimes against humanity in the region of Xinjiang, home to the Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities. China has since blocked attempts to discuss the report.