US, Chinese ambassadors spar on Twitter in Brazil

U.S. and Chinese ambassors have gotten into a Twitter spat in Brazil, echoing tense relations between nations as a whole.

It started Friday when U.S. Ambassor Todd Chapman retweeted a State Department account accusing Chinese Communist Party of conducting “a mass sterilization campaign for women as part of its crackdown on Uighurs and or ethnic mirities in Xinjiang” province.

“Silence is t an option,” Chapman ded.

On Saturday, U.S. Embassy Twitter account quoted FBI director accusing China of paying scientists at American universities “to secretly bring our kwledge and invation back to China - including valuable research, funded by federal government”. It ded: “Is this happening in Brazil?”

Chinese Ambassor Yang Wanming reacted on Twitter Sunday.

“This man comes to Brazil with a special mission, which is to attack China with rumors and lies," he wrote. “We vise you to stop doing activities of this kind. ... An ant tries to kck down a giant tree, ridiculously exaggerating its ability."

It's a small echo of a larger dispute. China's government said Friday it will retaliate against U.S. officials and institutions following Washington’s imposition of sanctions on three local officials of ruling Communist Party over human rights abuses in rthwestern region of Xinjiang.

Brazil and United States are strongly aligned. On July 4, shortly before testing positive for new coronavirus, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was with Chapman to celebrate U.S. Independence Day.

In March, Congressman Eduardo Bolsonaro, president's son, blamed China for new pandemic, prompting Chinese ambassor to respond that his words were “an evil insult against China and Chinese people."

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