China slams US sanctions over Uighur Muslims

Beijing has lashed out at US lawmakers for calling on the Trump administration to impose sanctions on Chinese officials over what they call internment of a Muslim minority in the Xinjiang region.

Hua Chunying, a spokesperson for the Chinese foreign ministry, on Thursday rebuked 17 members of the US Congress over their call for boycotting seven Chinese officials and two surveillance equipment manufacturers for their roles in “rounding up Muslims in internment camps in the Xinjiang region.”

“The US has no right to criticize China on this issue,” the Chinese spokeswoman said, adding that the US lawmakers must “focus on their job … instead of trying to poke their nose in the business of other countries.”

She also pointed to the US’ own racial discrimination issues, and said the country must stop trying to be “the judge of human rights and even threatening to impose unreasonable sanctions on other countries.”

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