{"id":158339,"date":"2026-10-04T08:00:17","date_gmt":"2026-10-04T08:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=158339"},"modified":"2026-10-04T08:00:17","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T08:00:17","slug":"china-lashes-out-at-xinjiang-lie-after-us-lawmaker-urges-starbucks-to-close-new-stores","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=158339","title":{"rendered":"China lashes out at Xinjiang \u2018lie\u2019 after US lawmaker urges Starbucks to close new stores"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostBeijing has hit back at a US lawmaker\u2019s criticism of coffee chain Starbucks for opening its first stores in Xinjiang, rejecting the allegation that China has committed human rights abuses against the far-western region\u2019s mostly Muslim Uygur population.<br \/>\nForeign ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun on Saturday said claims of \u201cgenocide\u201d in Xinjiang were a \u201cblatant lie\u201d and accused the \u201cUS group\u201d who raised the suggestions of attacking Beijing for political purposes.<br \/>\n\u201cToday\u2019s Xinjiang enjoys social&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/diplomacy\/article\/3369689\/china-lashes-out-xinjiang-lie-after-us-lawmaker-urges-starbucks-close-new-stores?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostBeijing has hit back at a US lawmaker\u2019s criticism of coffee chain Starbucks for opening its first stores in Xinjiang, rejecting the allegation that&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158339"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=158339"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158339\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=158339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=158339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=158339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}