{
  "id": 11868012,
  "title": "China slams US ‘lie’ over Starbucks stores in Xinjiang",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/04/china-slams-us-lie-over-starbucks-stores-in-xinjiang-11868012",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-04T06:30:21.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Hong Kong Free Press",
    "slug": "hong-kong-free-press",
    "url": "https://hongkongfp.com/2026/10/04/china-slams-us-lie-over-starbucks-stores-in-xinjiang/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Chinese foreign ministry expressed outrage on April 21, 2025, at a US congressional committee's allegations against Starbucks for opening two cafes in Xinjiang. Committee chairman John Moolenaar labeled the decision \"morally bankrupt\" and urged Starbucks to close the stores, which are the company's first in the region. The spokesman for China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Guo Jiakun, vehemently denied the committee's claims, calling them \"fabricated for political purposes.\" He vehemently denied the existence of a \"genocide\" in Xinjiang, asserting that the UN's 2022 warning of possible crimes against humanity was itself a lie. Rights groups have long accused Chinese authorities of widespread rights abuses against Xinjiang's Uyghur Muslim minority, with the US labeling the situation as genocide.",
  "summary": "China’s foreign ministry accused a US congressional committee on Saturday of “fabricating claims” after its chairman called on Starbucks to shutter two newly opened cafes in Xinjiang over alleged rights abuses. John Moolenaar, chairman of the US House Select Committee on China, called the decision to open stores in the regional capital Urumqi on Tuesday […]",
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        "outlet": "Hong Kong Free Press",
        "title": "China slams US ‘lie’ over Starbucks stores in Xinjiang",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/04/china-slams-us-lie-over-starbucks-stores-in-xinjiang",
        "published": "2026-10-04T06:30:21.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}