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China lashes out at Xinjiang ‘lie’ after US lawmaker urges Starbucks to close new stores
China lashes out at Xinjiang ‘lie’ after US lawmaker urges Starbucks to close new stores
Beijing has hit back at a US lawmaker’s criticism of coffee chain Starbucks for opening its first stores in Xinjiang, rejecting the allegation that China has committed human rights abuses against the far-western region’s mostly Muslim Uygur population. Foreign ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun on Saturday said claims of “genocide” in Xinjiang were a “blatant lie” and accused the “US group” who raised…