China rejects the accusations and targets some of the most outspoken critics in the US including senators Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz
Uighur demonstrators step on a poster with an image of Communist Party secretary of Xinjiang, Chen Quanguo, during a protest against China in front of the Chinese consulate in Istanbul, Turkey. Picture: REUTERS/HUSEYIN ALDEMIRChina on Monday slapped retaliatory sanctions on three senior Republican legislators and a US envoy in a deepening row over Beijing's treatment of Uighurs in the western Xinjiang region.
The move was “in response to the US's wrong actions”, foreign ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said at a regular briefing. Cruz, from Texas, said in a statement that the Chinese Communist Party “is terrified and lashing out”.
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