China incensed by French parliament's genocide declaration

A train attendant is seen inside a newly launched bullet train that will carry athletes to the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic venues, at Qinghe Station in Beijing on Friday, January 21, 2022. - AFP

BEIJING, Jan 21, 2022 (AFP): China condemned a French parliament resolution on Friday that accuses Beijing of carrying out a genocide against its Uyghur Muslim population, a move that has strained ties two weeks before the Winter Olympics.

The resolution adds to a chorus of western nations that have criticised Beijing for placing around one million Uyghurs in forced labour camps, terming "the violence perpetrated by the People's Republic of China against the Uyghurs as constituting crimes against humanity and genocide".