"China hits out at Turkey ‘genocide’ comments
By Kathrin Hille in Beijing and Delphine Strauss in Ankara
Published: July 14 2009 20:22 | Last updated: July 14 2009 20:22
Beijing lashed out at Ankara on Tuesday after the Turkish prime minister said last week that its treatment of the Uighur minority in Xinjiang was “like genocide”.
The Chinese foreign ministry said it hoped “our Muslim brothers can realise the truth” while the state-run China Daily attacked the remarks by Recep Tayyip Erdogan as “irresponsible and groundless”."
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