China summons US embassy official over Uighur bill

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China summoned a representative of the US embassy on Wednesday to protest against aUS House of Representatives billabout Beijing’s treatment of its Uighur Muslim minority, state television reported.

Vice Foreign Minister Qin Gang made "stern representations” to William Klein, the US embassy’s minister counselor for political affairs, and urged the US to stop interfering in China’s domestic affairs, according to the report.

The US House of Representatives on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved a bill that would require the Trump administration to toughen its response to China’s crackdown on the Muslim minority, angering Beijing and further straining an already testy relationship.