China: US Assassination of Gen. Soleimani war crime

"The assassination of Qasem Soleimani is another example of how the US has wantonly undermined the norms governing international relations based on the UN Charter," Foreign Ministry Spokesman Wang Wenbin stated at a press conference on Tuesday. "It is also one of the war crimes the US has committed with abuse of force," he added. "The US could go as far as to perform 'targeted killing' of a sovereign state's military leader through terrorist means in violation of international law, and also to kill hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians around the world," the spokesperson noted. "All these illegal and…