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On July 19, Liu Xiaoming, China’s ambassador to the United Kingdom, appeared on BBC One’s Andrew Marr show for an interview.Liu’s appearance was in response to recent criticism regarding drone video of blindfolded Uighur Muslims in northwest China being led to a train. It also came amid escalating attacks on China by the Trump administration concerning human rights, trade, espionage and maritime claims.The BBC showed Liu the drone footage, in addition to a video testimony of an Uighur woman, and asked him to respond. Among other things, he said:There is no such concentration camp in Xinjiang … People in Xinjiang enjoy a happy life. China is strongly opposed to any torture
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