6月12日，由中央民族大學、北京大學和喀什大學聯合主辦的“中國新疆的歷史與未來”國際論壇在新疆喀什舉行。論壇間隙，香港科技大學社會科學部榮休教授、清華大學偉倫特聘教授沙伯力(Barry Sautman)接受中新網記者專訪時表示，近年來，新疆的經濟和社會發展迅速，當地各族人民生活水平顯著提升。

　　沙伯力指出，美西方持續操弄涉疆議題，對新疆進行不實指控。“西方媒體從其國家的政治利益角度出發，他們報道的所有關于新疆的內容幾乎都是負面的，都是不準確的。我認為，他們這樣做部分是出于無知，部分是出于虛偽，也就是故意撒謊?！?趙麗)

　　The International Forum on the History and Future of Xinjiang, China opened on Wednesday in Kashi, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. Barry Sautman, a retired professor from the Division of Social Science at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and a distinguished professor at Tsinghua University took an exclusive interview with China News Network.

　　He pointed out that in recent years, Xinjiang region’s economic and social development has been rapid, and the living standards of people from all ethnic groups have significantly improved. However, the U.S. and other Western countries have continued to manipulate Xinjiang-related topics and make false accusations against the region.

　　“The media in the West obviously looks at Xinjiang from the political perspective of the ruling elites in western countries. And almost everything that they report about Xinjiang is negative and inaccurate. They do this, I think, partly out of ignorance, but partly out of mendacity, that is, the willingness to lie about the situation,” he said.

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