Receiving refugees on large scale unrealistic for China
2017-06-26 08:15:39 source:Global Times
June 26, 2017
On World Refugee Day, which falls every year on June 20, the UN released
a video called "We Stand Together With Refugees" on its official Sina
Weibo account, appealing to the Chinese public to pay more attention to
the issue.
The UN's appeal was actively responded to by a few
media outlets and several celebrities, invoking an intense discussion
about whether China should receive refugees on a large scale.
The
Chinese public generally holds that currently China cannot accept a
large number of refugees, although many are sympathetic toward these
victims. The reasons are complex, rather than being seen as lack of
internationalism and humanitarianism. It is related to China's economic
development, population, ethnic composition, legal mechanism and
history.
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