The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday debated a bill that would require t...
WASHINGTON - The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday debated a bill that would require the Trump administration to toughen its response to China’s crackdown on its Muslim minority, demanding sanctions on senior Chinese officials and export bans.
It also calls for sanctions against senior Chinese officials who it says are responsible and specifically names Xinjiang Communist Party Secretary Chen Quanguo, who, as a politburo member, is in the upper echelons of China’s leadership. The House debate comes days after Trump angered Beijing by signing into law congressional legislation passed last week supporting anti-government protesters in Hong Kong.
“We must say ‘never again’ to the cultural genocide and the atrocities suffered by Uighurs and others in China.”
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