Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the U.S. is planning measures to address human-rights violations in China’s Xinjiang region, furthering the administration’s recent confrontation with Beijing
“I don’t want to get in front of the final decision, but you can rest assured there are further actions,” Mr. Pompeo told a Senate panel when asked about the U.S. response to China’s treatment of Muslim Uighur and other minorities in the northwest Xinjiang region.
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