China said on Wednesday it resolutely opposes the U.S. House of Representatives' bill requiring the Trump administration to toughen its response to w
China said on Wednesday it resolutely opposes the U.S. House of Representatives’ bill requiring the Trump administration to toughen its response to what the bill called China’s crackdown on ethnic minorities in the western region of Xinjiang.
The foreign ministry, in a statement attributed to spokeswoman Hua Chunying, said Xinjiang is China’s internal affair and urged the U.S. to correct its mistakes and stop the bill from becoming law.
China will respond further depending on the development of the situation, the statement said.
The U.S. House overwhelmingly backed the bill in a vote on Tuesday. It still has to be approved by the Senate before being sent to President Donald Trump, and the White House has yet to say whether Trump would sign or veto it.
US says won’t speculate on possible China retaliation to Xinjiang bill
The United States will not speculate on possible future actions by China in response to the U.S. House bill targeting camps for Muslims in western Xinjiang region, the U.S. Embassy in Beijing said on Wednesday.”We continue to call on the PRC to immediately release all those arbitrarily detained, and to end its draconian policies that for more than two years have terrorized its own citizens in Xinjiang,” the embassy said an emailed statement to Reuters, quoting an unnamed spokesperson. It was referring to China by the initials of its official name, People’s Republic of China.