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China's vanishing muslims: US imposes sanctions, Beijing retaliates

The United States has imposed visa restrictions on Chinese officials for the detention or abuse of Muslim minorities, angering Beijing.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo condemned coercive family planning against Uighur Muslims by the Chinese authorities and said that continuous repression of minorities in Xinjiang region reflects that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has no respect for human life and basic human dignity.

In retaliation, China imposed visa restrictions on some top US officials and politicians in response to America's move to sanction several Chinese officials for alleged human rights abuses targeting ethnic minority groups in the Muslim-majority Xinjiang province.

Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying told the media that the behaviour of the US officials and politicians, and visa ban on some Chinese officials from Uyghur Muslim dominated Xinjiang province "severely damaged China-US relations," and should be condemned.

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