UPDATE 2-China foreign ministry says planned U.N. event on Xinjiang an insult

(Adds comment by China’s U.N. mission) BEIJING, May 10 (Reuters) – China’s foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said on Monday the use of the United Nations as a platform for a virtual event on the repression of Uyghur Muslims and other minorities in Xinjiang was an insult to the institution. China has urged U.N. member states not to attend the virtual event, planned by Germany, the United States and Britain. “The U.S. has banded up with several countries, abused the United Nations’ resources and platform, and smeared and attacked China to serve it’s own interests,” she said at a daily…