China Protests ‘Vile’ Rights Motion Passed by Japan Parliament
- Resolution was adopted days ahead of Beijing Olympics
- Chinese spokesman says Beijing made ‘solemn representations’
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China condemned a motion on Uyghur human rights adopted by Japan’s parliament, ratcheting up tensions between the neighbors just days before Beijing hosts the Winter Olympics.
The resolution “is extremely vile in nature, as it disregards facts and truth,” Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian said in a statement on the ministry’s website posted on Tuesday. With a “deplorable track record in human rights,” Japan has no authority to comment on other countries’ human rights conditions, he added.