China on Friday lashed out at the US over a new law related to Uyghurs, saying it "should save the labels of 'forced labour' and 'genocide' for itself", Anadolu Agency reported.
The US legislation "maliciously denigrates the human rights situation in … Xinjiang in disregard of facts and truth," read a Chinese Foreign Ministry statement, referring to the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act signed into law by US President Joe Biden on Thursday.
"It seriously violates international law and basic norms governing international relations and grossly interferes in China's internal affairs. China deplores and firmly rejects this," the statement said.
It accused the US of "using Xinjiang-related issues to create rumors and make trouble" and "engaging in political manipulation and economic coercion."
The US law bans imports from the Uyghur-majority Xinjiang autonomous region in northwestern China and imposes sanctions on foreign individuals responsible for alleged forced labour in the region.
"It is preposterous for the US, a country with a deplorable track record of human rights issues, to accuse and smear China," the statement said.
"The US has serious problems of human trafficking and forced labour. Up to 100,000 people were trafficked into the US for forced labour annually over the past five years. Crimes against humanity against Native Americans in the past constitute de facto genocide. The US should save the labels of 'forced labour' and 'genocide' for itself."
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