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China criticizes US defense bill as 'interference'

Under the bill, the United States would work to support the military strength of Taiwan
  • The bill also calls for support for Hong Kong's pro-democracy protestors, as well as requiring a report on the treatment of the minority Muslim Uighur population in Xinjiang
  • US President Donald Trump at the signing of the 'National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020' at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland (Photo: Reuters)Premium
    US President Donald Trump at the signing of the 'National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020' at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland (Photo: Reuters)

    Shanghai: China's top lawmaking body on Saturday criticized the defense bill that Washington passed this week as "interference", Chinese state news agency Xinhua reported.

    You Wenze, a spokesperson for the Foreign Affairs Committee of China's National People's Congress (NPC), expressed "strong dissatisfaction" with the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), passed overwhelmingly in the U.S. Senate this week.

    US President Donald Trump has promised to quickly sign the $738 billion bill into law.

    You said the Taiwan content of the bill undermined peace and stability across the Taiwan strait. Under the bill, the United States would work to support the military strength of Taiwan, the self-governing island that Beijing considers a part of the People's Republic of China.

    The bill also calls for support for Hong Kong's pro-democracy protestors, as well as requiring a report on the treatment of the minority Muslim Uighur population in Xinjiang.

    "The U.S. plan to interfere in the internal affairs of other countries under the guise of 'democracy' and 'human rights' will never succeed," You said, according to Xinhua. "Xinjiang-related issues are not at all human rights, ethnic, and religious issues, but anti-terrorist and depolarization issues."

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    Published: 21 Dec 2019, 06:16 PM IST
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