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The US House of Representatives just passed the "Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2019". This bill ignores the stable and harmonious development in Xinjiang, slanders China's efforts in de-radicalization and counter-terrorism, viciously attacks the Chinese government's Xinjiang policy, and deliberately smears the human rights condition in Xinjiang. It grossly interferes in China's internal affairs and seriously violates international law and basic norms governing international relations, revealing the US's double standards and hypocritical hegemonic logic. The act is essentially an abuse of long-arm jurisdiction and a practice of hegemony in the name of justice.
The Facts and China's Position on China-US Trade Friction, a white paper issued by The State Council Information Office of China states that "'long-arm jurisdiction' refers to the practice of extending one's tentacles beyond one's borders and exercising jurisdiction over foreign entities based on one's domestic laws. In recent years, the US has been extending its 'long-arm jurisdiction' to wider areas including financial investment, anti-monopoly, export control and cybersecurity. In international affairs, the US has frequently requested entities or individuals of other countries to obey US domestic laws, otherwise they may face US civil, criminal or trade sanctions at any time."
"Long-arm jurisdiction" has become a hegemonic tool for the US to suppress foreign entities, interfere in other countries' internal affairs and even subvert other countries' governments. Such power politics, under the guise of domestic "legal compliance" and "rules to follow," provides a legal basis for the US meddling in other countries and compels US domestic law enforcement. Since the US Department of Commerce sanctioned 28 Chinese entities by putting them on the "entities list" and the US House of Representatives passed the "Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2019," th ..
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