China has lambasted American officials as habitual liars and said the US was trying to take the world back to the “jungle age” after Washington accused Beijing of subjecting women of ethnic minorities to forced abortion.

China says it has filed stern representations with the US House of Representatives over legislation that would restrict imports of goods produced in the western Chinese region of Xinjiang, where US officials claim companies use forced labor.

China says bans by the United States on imports of some products from the region of Xinjiang sabotage global supply chains.

China says the United States has interfered in its internal affairs by approving a law that would enable sanctions on Chinese officials over allegations of mistreating Uighur Muslims in the Asian country.

China vows to safeguard the Chinese firms and institutions which have been recently sanctioned by the US over alleged human rights violations against Uighur Muslims in Xinjiang.

The US has decided to add 33 Chinese firms and institutions to an economic blacklist over alleged human rights violations or having ties with China’s military.

Hong Kong riot police break up a solidarity rally for China's Uighurs -- with one officer drawing a pistol -- as the city's pro-democracy movement liken their plight to that of the oppressed Chinese Muslim minority.