Top Chinese diplomat Yang Jiechi spoke by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on December 7, asking Washington not to intervene in internal affairs.

Referring to the US law making on Hong Kong and the US House of Representatives passed the Uighur Bill, Yang Jiechi, Chairman of the Office of the Central Committee on Foreign Affairs of China, said that the US was seriously violating standards. international relations, calling on Washington to "correct mistakes" and "immediately stop interfering with China's internal affairs".

Yang said US officials repeatedly made misleading statements, attacking the Chinese political system and domestic and foreign policies. "China expressed strong opposition and strongly condemned this," Yang said.

Under the Hong Kong Democratic and Human Rights Act, the US Secretary of State is annually responsible for certifying that Hong Kong maintains its autonomy so that the special zone can enjoy preferential trade from the US, maintaining its role as the financial center of the world. gender. Trump also passed laws banning the sale of tear gas, rubber bullets and other equipment used by Hong Kong police forces to counter protesters.

The Uighur Bill, which was passed by the US House of Representatives on December 3, requires the US President within four months of enacting the law to submit to Congress a list of Chinese officials considered to be responsible or complicit with human rights violations in Xinjiang. These officials are subject to sanctions under the Magnitsky Act, confiscated property in the United States and banned from entry into the United States.

Since early 2017, the Chinese government has been accused of bringing about one million Uighurs and Muslim minority members into concentration camps, where they are detained and given political education. Beijing asserts institutions are "vocational training centers" and they are legally responding to threats from religious extremism.

This statement does not convince Western countries, especially the US. The US government recently announced a series of sanctions on Chinese officials, government organizations and private companies that "are responsible for or facilitate human rights violations in Xinjiang".

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