The Chinese foreign ministry on Thursday accused House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Nancy PelosiDemocratic senator to party: 'A little message discipline wouldn't kill us' Overnight Health Care: New wave of COVID-19 cases builds in US | Florida to lift all coronavirus restrictions on restaurants, bars | Trump stirs questions with 0 drug coupon plan Overnight Defense: Appeals court revives House lawsuit against military funding for border wall | Dems push for limits on transferring military gear to police | Lawmakers ask for IG probe into Pentagon's use of COVID-19 funds MORE (D-Calif.) of “bolstering radical violent forces” by meeting with activists involved in ongoing demonstrations in Hong Kong, according to The Associated Press.

“We urge the U.S. to stop bolstering radical violent forces in Hong Kong that advocate Hong Kong independence, and stop intensifying words and actions that undermine the prosperity and stability of Hong Kong,” foreign ministry spokesperson Geng Shuang said during a daily briefing.

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Amid reports that the U.S. House will advance a bill requiring an annual review of Hong Kong’s special economic and trade status, Geng warned the U.S. against interfering in what he said was an internal Chinese affair.

“We strongly urge the U.S. to ... respect China’s sovereignty, stop interfering in Hong Kong affairs in any form and stop promoting the review of relevant Hong Kong-related proposals,” he said, according to the AP.

Pelosi appeared at a news conference Wednesday with Republican lawmakers and Hong Kong activists, including Joshua Wong, who was arrested in late August before being released shortly thereafter.

The protests erupted in Hong Kong in June after Chief Executive Carrie Lam introduced a bill that would have allowed certain residents to be extradited to China.

The bill has since been formally withdrawn but protesters have continued demanding Lam’s resignation while calling for an independent probe into police brutality against demonstrators.