15 May 2024

Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin said during a press conference
on Wednesday that the "historical injustice" of the Nakba "has further
worsened".

Wenbin's remarks were made during his regular press conference on May 15, which
marked the 76th anniversary of the Nakba, the Catastrophe, the destruction of
the Palestinian homeland - historic Palestine - and the mass ethnic cleansing of
the Palestinian population in 1948.

"Seventy-six years on, the historical injustice suffered by the Palestinian
people, far from being redressed, has further worsened," Wenbin said.

"Today's Gaza Strip is left in ruins and rubble. Those wounded and ill cannot
receive timely treatment, those hungry cannot obtain basic necessities, and
those escaping from the disaster have nowhere to go," the Chinese official
added.

"People cannot help but ask, for how long will the humanitarian catastrophe in
Gaza drag on and when will the Palestinian people be able to see an end to their
suffering?"

Wenbin also reiterated that "China firmly opposes the expansion of the fighting
to Rafah and opposes collective punishment on the people in Gaza."

He also said that China continues to "support the establishment of an
independent State of Palestine that enjoys full sovereignty based on the 1967
border and with east Jerusalem as its capital."
-- Cont'd at https://www.palestinechronicle.com/for-how-long-china-says-nakbas-historical-injustice-has-further-worsened/