European Parliament 2014-2019 TEXTS ADOPTED P8_TA(2019)0422 China, notably the situation of religious and ethnic minorities European Parliament resolution of 18 April 2019 on China, notably the situation of religious and ethnic minorities (2019/2690(RSP)) The European Parliament, – having regard to its previous resolutions on the situation in China, in particular those of 26 November 2009 on China: minority rights and application of the death penalty1, of 10 March 2011 on the situation and cultural heritage in Kashgar (Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region)2, of 15 December 2016 on the cases of the Larung Gar Tibetan Buddhist Academy and Ilham Tohti3, of 12 September 2018 on the state of EU-China relations4 and of 4 October 2018 on mass arbitrary detention of Uyghurs and Kazakhs in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region5, – having regard to the EU-China Strategic Partnership launched in 2003 and to the joint communication from the Commission and the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy of 22 June 2016 entitled ‘Elements for a new EU strategy on China’(JOIN(2016)0030), – having regard to the EU guidelines on the promotion and protection of freedom of religion or belief, adopted by the Foreign Affairs Council on 24 June 2013, – having regard to the joint communication from the Commission and the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy of 12 March 2019 entitled ‘EU-China – A strategic outlook’(JOIN(2019)0005), – having regard to the ‘Joint statement of the 21st EU-China summit’ of 9 April 2019, – having regard to the EU-China dialogue on human rights, launched in 1995, and the 37th round thereof, held in Brussels on 1 and 2 April 2019, – having regard to Article 36 of the Constitution of the People’s Republic of China, which 1 OJ C 285 E, 21.10.2010, p. 80. OJ C 199 E, 7.7.2012, p. 185. OJ C 238, 6.7.2018, p. 108. Texts adopted, P8_TA(2018)0343. Texts adopted, P8_TA(2018)0377. 2 3 4 5