Editor's note: Andrew Korybko is a Moscow-based American political analyst. The article reflects the author's opinions, and not necessarily the views of CGTN.

This week's opening of the 74th session of the UN General Assembly has regrettably gotten off to a scandalous start after the U.S. exploited the event as part of its ongoing information war against China. Secretary of State Pompeo leveled indirect accusations of genocide against the People's Republic of China when criticizing its domestic anti-terrorist policies in Xinjiang on Monday, and the U.S. co-hosted an event on Tuesday dedicated exclusively to that issue. Both of those scandalous incidents represent an abuse of this important global occasion.

The UN was formed after World War II in an attempt to retain stability in international relations after history's worst-ever conflict, not to undermine it through attempts to infringe on the sovereignty of independent states under the cover of supporting religious rights and other pretexts that are principally sound but factually lacking. Contrary to the U.S.' weaponized and defamatory narrative against China, the Uygurs' living standards have been improving and they are able to enjoy stability in the region.

This is directly due to the government's proactive approach in identifying at-risk individuals and enrolling them in vocational training centers as a novel way to prevent terrorist groups from taking advantage of them for recruitment purposes. Xinjiang is the hub of the Belt and Road Initiative's (BRI) overland connectivity projects in Eurasia, so job opportunities abound for individuals with the diverse skill sets required of them and for which they're receiving training at the vocational centers.

There is nothing unethical or illegal about providing at-risk minorities with free job training in order to reduce their risk of being recruited by terrorists, and truth be told, the U.S. is also practicing a somewhat similar policy. African-Americans already receive preferential university enrollment and sometimes even job placement because of the policy of affirmative action designed specifically to make up for their lack of social opportunities in the past that have cumulatively had a devastating impact on their communities over the years.

There are differences in approach between China and the U.S.' affirmative action programs, but the principle is nevertheless the same. It's that both states are proactively doing whatever they can to prevent at-risk minorities from falling through the social cracks and ruining their own lives and potentially even others' if they end up resorting to criminal activity as a result. Both policies are purely within the realm of domestic politics and should not be politicized at the UN General Assembly, but the U.S. is doing just that with China in order to discredit it.

Not only does the U.S. have a general interest in harming the international reputation of its only global competitor, but it also has a more specific one as well in relation to the BRI. Xinjiang, as was mentioned, is the hub of this vision's mainland integration projects, and stirring up unrest there by attempting to mislead the locals into thinking that their government is "oppressing" them or worse is intended to provoke violent protests just like the U.S. has done in Hong Kong,  which might also take on certain terrorist-like elements with time.

Furthermore, the issue of Muslim rights is a very sensitive one for the governments of Muslim-majority countries, which might be pressured by their people to distance themselves from the BRI in response to the U.S.' ongoing fake news offensive at the UN. That plot won't succeed, however, since numerous Muslim leaders across the world have failed to bite the American information warfare bait.

The U.S. therefore has no business discussing China's domestic issues at this global body. It is only doing so as part of its hybrid war against Beijing, which includes information warfare elements in Hong Kong and Xinjiang just as much as it does economic warfare through the trade war.

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