Aibibai Pahati, Urho District, Karamay City

I learn from recent news that an American clown named Mike Pompeo has been making negative remarks, saying that China have been suppressing human rights in Xinjiang and we all live in sufferings. Now I would like to say that what he said is wrong and offensive. Pompeo is telling lies that discredit my beloved hometown.

I am Abby pahati, born and raised in Urho. I grow up with the love of the Chinese Communist Party. And I have always been receiving cares of the party and the government all the way from school to workplace. The cultivation and care from the party and the government make me feel the warmth of the Chinese nation.

I used to live in the clod house with my mother as a child. When “there was a heavy rain, there was also a light rain inside of the house.” Since there was no water supply and drainage, every household had to dig their own water wells for drinking water. However, the water in the wells contained a large amount of sand, which would induce stones if too much were drunk. Besides, there was no sewer, so domestic sewage and garbage was dumped at will. Also, the road in the village was full of potholes, which would become muddy once it rained. It's not convenient to go anywhere and you can't step on it without being covered with mud. But now, earthquake resistant houses have been built in the village, and my parents no longer have to worry about rain leakage in rainy days. What is more, many smooth and spacious asphalt roads can be found around the house, so we don't have to worry about stepping on the mud or the potholes. Clean running water has also been supplied to every household. And the sewers have been built. The environment of the village is getting better.

I have witnessed the changes from bungalows to spacious buildings, from rugged dirt roads to asphalt roads extending in all directions, from vast Gobi to shady trees, from places of desolation and backwardness to brand new tourist areas. My family has also enjoyed the real benefits of compulsory education, medical security, housing subsidies and so on. I have witnessed and experienced these changes, and that is why I will love the land where I was raised even more.

The sudden arrival of COVID-19 in 2020 left many of us unprepared and disrupted our original patterns of life. During the epidemic period, in order to make our people feel at ease, the government offered us food and daily necessities, masks and disinfectants. What is more, government staff told us to stay at home every day and said we could turn to them whenever we ran into troubles, which moved us all. I can recall that my mother ran out of her hypertensive drug at home during the epidemic period. So we told community cadres our trouble. To our surprise, the cadre soon delivered the medicine to my mother. In peacetime, whenever we have any problem, we just tell the Party members and cadres in the community, and they will soon show up to help.

Pompeo is such a villain who is always doing bad things and speaking ill of Xinjiang. As a ethnic minority living in Xinjiang, I think I have the most say. What I have mentioned above is what I have experienced. I love my motherland, love my hometown, we are a family of multiple ethnic groups, we are united and friendly, and we always help each other. Everything here is so peaceful and beautiful, and we are nothing like what Pompeo said. Pompeo has never been to Xinjiang or Urho. What’s the confidence of him? He is nothing but a liar!