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Chinese officials are fuming about a unanimous vote in the British Parliament that accused Beijing this week of committing genocide against Uyghur Muslims.
“The accusation that there is genocide in Xinjiang is a monstrous lie fabricated by international anti-China forces,” Chinese Foreign Affairs Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said Friday. “The U.K. has enough problems of its own. British lawmakers should manage their own business and do more practical things for their constituents.”
British lawmakers passed the resolution just weeks after Western powers unveiled a concert of sanctions targeting Chinese officials responsible for the sexual violence and other atrocities that have been described by Uyghur survivors of mass detention camps. China retaliated by imposing sanctions on numerous Western officials and analysts, including five British lawmakers, but that reaction failed to deter the latest condemnation in Parliament.
Chinese military aircraft overfly Taiwan s airspace
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J-10 fighter aircraft of China, similar to those pictured in early January, were among 15 warplanes flying through Taiwan s airspace over the weekend. Photo courtesy of People s Republic of China Defense Ministry
Jan. 25 (UPI) Fifteen Chinese aircraft entered Taiwanese airspace over the weekend in a show of force regarded as a test of President Joe Biden s foreign policy resolve.
While over 380 Chinese military flights into the island s air defense identification zone were recorded in 2020, Saturday s incursion involved eight Chinese bombers, four fighter planes and an anti-submarine aircraft.
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Sunday s operation included 12 fighter planes, two anti-submarine planes and a reconnaissance plane.
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