China says US remarks on N.Korea issue are 'irresponsible'

China said on Thursday that US remarks on the North Korea issue are "irresponsible" and hard to understand, after US President Donald Trump questioned Beijing's role in resolving the crisis over Pyongyang's development of nuclear weapons.

China also said that the United States had no right to criticize its policies on ethnic minorities, after US lawmakers called for sanctions on Chinese officials responsible for human rights abuses against Muslims in China's Xinjiang region.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying made the comment at a regular news briefing in Beijing.