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US’ Hong Kong democracy act slanders China to a level close to madness, Foreign Minister Wang Yi says
- Legislation aimed at China has ‘seriously poisoned the atmosphere’ between the countries, he says
- China also summons US’ top Hong Kong envoy to warn of unspecified countermeasures over the act, a day after calling in top US official in Beijing
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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has described the passage through Congress of US legislation targeting China as “madness” that will damage the countries’ relationship.
In a meeting with former US secretary of defence William Cohen in Beijing on Thursday, Wang said that such legislation had shaken the mutual trust between the two nations.
“Right now, the China-US relationship has reached a critical crossroads,” Wang said. “But we regret to see that some politicians in the United States are now smearing, attacking, slandering China to a level close to madness.”
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The US Congress had repeatedly enacted pieces of legislation to interfere in China’s internal affairs, violating the basic norms of international relations, Wang said.
“These practices have seriously poisoned the atmosphere of Sino-US relations and have impacted the mutual trust we have built over the years,” he said.
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