Briefing the media in Pretoria the envoy says human rights organisations taking a similar line are simply doing Washington’s dirty work.

Ambassador Lin Songtian spoke for more than three hours lashing the double standards applied to violent demonstrations in Hong Kong and terror groups in China’s Muslim Xin Jiang region.

He says China’s religious freedom is beyond reproach. It has more mosques than the United States, Britain, France and Germany combined.

Its fight against terrorism is in line with United Nations principles.

Lin says Hong Kong, under Chinese ownership, has more freedom than it had under British control.

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