In October 2008, the government denounced the European Parliament's decision to award the Hu Jia, maintaining that it was'gross interference in China's domestic affairs'to give such an award to a'jailed criminal . . in disregard of [ the Chinese government's ] repeated representations .'
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Monday's report lambastes the United States for providing advanced weapons to Taiwan, which China says violates promises, and for proposals in Congress for a closer military relationship with the island, which it calls a " gross interference in China's internal affairs and a grave threat to China's security ."
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Monday's document lambastes the United States for providing advanced weapons to Taiwan, which China says violates earlier promises, and for proposals in Congress for a closer military relationship with the island, which it calls a " gross interference in China's internal affairs and a grave threat to China's security ."
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"The move constitutes a flagrant violation of the purposes and principles of the U . N . Charter, a distortion of the nature of the U . N . and a gross interference in China's internal affairs, " a spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry, Zhu Bangzao, said in a statement carried by the state-run New China News Agency.
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At a news conference here, a Foreign Ministry spokeswoman, Zhang Qiyue, said that China " reserves the complete right to take further actions, " and repeated recent statements that U . S . sales of advanced weapons would be " a grave violation of China's sovereignty, gross interference in China's internal affairs and would increase tensions across the Taiwan Strait ."
