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Outgoing Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. One of his last official acts was to issue the statement on the Uighur situation in China. © Reuters

TSUKASA HADANO and TSUYOSHI NAGASAWA, Nikkei staff writers

BEIJING/WASHINGTON -- China slammed outgoing U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday for accusing the country of genocide against its minority Uighur Muslim population, likening the allegation to a "piece of waste paper."

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