China slams US for urging allies to shun Huawei

Beijing: China's Foreign Ministry on Tuesday said the US is "driving a wedge" between China and other countries, after US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned Hungary and other allies to shun business with Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei.

Briefing reporters in Beijing on Tuesday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying accused the US of having a "nature of bullying" and of "fabricating various kinds of China threat theories".

Pompeo said on Monday nations would have to consider choosing between Huawei and the United States.

The warning was broad but pointedly delivered in Hungary, a NATO ally and European Union member where Huawei is a major player.

Hua also dismissed calls from members of the Uighur Muslim ethnic group to post videos of their relatives who have disappeared into internment camps.

The social media campaign, launched Tuesday under the hashtag #MeTooUyghur, follows the release of a state media video showing famed Uighur musician Abdurehim Heyit, who many believed had died in custody.

"China has more than one billion people, do we need to release a video of everyone?" Hua said, after she said media and sources that claimed Heyit had died were false news.