China will not accept actions undermining its sovereign security and development interests: FM

18:09, December 09, 2020

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  China urges US stop lying on Xinjiang for political interests: FM

  China urges some in the US to stop lying on Xinjiang for political interests, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said Thursday in response to the rumor of Chinas surveillance of Uygur people in Xinjiang.File photo: CFPRepublican Senator Marco Rubio and others on Tuesday questioned the use of Intel and Nvidia chips by Chinese police to carry out so-called large-scale surveillance on Uygurs.“Rubio has always been anti-China and is keen on fabricating all kinds of lies to smear China and seek political self-interest. He has no political integrity at all,” Hua said.Hua stressed that the installation of cameras in public places is not targeted at any ethnic group. The aim was to improve social governance and effectively prevent and combat crime. This measure has increased social security and gained wide support from people of all ethnic groups.Hua also pointed out that the US has long been criticized for its use of high-tech methods to conduct mass surveillance. According to US reports, the US government required 20 major airports to scan passengers faces in 2017, the New York Police built a city surveillance system everywhere to track individuals and collect information, and shared intelligence surveillance on social media and online forums.As the Guardian reported on July 17, at least a quarter of US law enforcement agencies are able to use facial recognition technology with little oversight and in combination with so-called “gang databases” (covering 42,000 New Yorkers, mostly people of color) to target protesters with unfair surveillance and "selective enforcement".Hua said, “It is an open secret that relevant US agencies have long violated international law and basic norms governing international relations by carrying out large-scale, organized and indiscriminate cyber espionage, surveillance and attacks on foreign governments, enterprises and individuals.”“China urged individuals in the US to abandon double standards, stop politi...

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  FM urges US to stop lying to undermine China-US normal exchanges, cooperation

  China urged US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and his like to respect basic facts and stop attacking and stigmatizing educational exchanges between China and the US, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said at Thursday’s press briefing.File photo: AFPPompeo on Wednesday called on American universities to scrutinize Chinese students, who, he said, may be stealing their innovations.According to reports, two universities in the United States have criticized Pompeo’s remarks, claiming that his words were completely wrong and intolerable.Pompeo’s speech was full of ideological prejudice. He slandered China and the Communist Party of China and stigmatized educational exchanges between China and the US, which exposed his malicious intent to undermine the friendship and cooperation between the two countries, Hua said.She pointed out that the educational exchanges and cooperation between China and the United States have enhanced mutual understanding between the two peoples, and have been widely welcomed by the American academic community and the American people.“We once again urge Pompeo and his like to respect basic facts and stop concocting lies,” Hua said.(Compiled by Liu Kechen)

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  OECD outlook highlights importance of avoiding vaccine nationalism

  The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development has released its new December economic outlook report, and it postulated an interesting scenario for the global economic recovery as the pandemic enters the homestretch. But, according to the report, if the COVID-19 vaccine rollout i