China warns US of a 'price' for Uighur bill

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The US legislation had condemned Beijing's 'gross human rights violations' linked to the crackdown on mainly Muslim Uighurs in Xinjiang.

China warned Wednesday that a"price must be paid" after the US House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed legislation seeking sanctions against senior Chinese officials over the crackdown on mainly Muslim Uighurs in Xinjiang.

China's vice minister of foreign affairs also later summoned William Klein, acting US charge d'affaires in China, to lodge a protest. The latest House measure condemns the arbitrary mass detention of Uighurs and calls for closure of the re-education camps where, according to rights groups and US lawmakers, they have been held and abused.

Pelosi lashed out at Chinese authorities for orchestrating a crackdown that includes pervasive mass state surveillance, solitary confinement, beatings, forced sterilisation"and other forms of torture".When asked if the bill could impact trade talks, Hua did not directly answer the question. Last month two huge leaks of official documents offered more details about China's network of internment camps in Xinjiang.

 

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