China's national legislature condemns U.S. over Tibet act

The Foreign Affairs Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), China's national legislature, condemned on Tuesday the Tibet Policy and Support Act, which was added to the $1.4 trillion spending bill that U.S. President Donald Trump had signed into law last Sunday, and voiced strong condemnation of and firm opposition to Washington's meddling in China's internal affairs.

The Committee emphasized that Tibet has made great social and economic achievements and that the right to freedom of religious belief for all ethnic groups in Tibet is well protected by the Constitution and laws.

"Some politicians in the U.S. Congress have ignored these objective facts and maligned China's Tibet-related policies, fully exposing the intention to use Tibet-related issues to interfere in China's internal affairs and hold back China's development," the committee said in a statement.