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China Lashes Out at US Congressional Resolution to Support Jailed Nobel Laureate

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Source: VOA

China is lashing out at a U.S. House of Representatives resolution that calls on Beijing to release jailed dissident and Nobel Peace laureate Liu Xiaobo, one day before the Nobel award ceremony in Oslo.

Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu expressed China's firm opposition to the U.S. congressional resolution.

She says the resolution disregards facts and flagrantly interferes in China's in internal affairs.

Jiang said Thursday that Beijing urges U.S. lawmakers to change their "arrogant and unreasonable attitude", and show respect for China's legal sovereignty.

Read more: http://www.voanews.com/english/news/China-Lashes-Out-at-US-Congressional-Resolution-to-Support-Jailed-Nobel-Laureate-Liu-Xiaobo--111590179.html

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