Politics
House Passes Uighur Bill in Rebuke to China, Sends It to Trump
- Measure would authorize sanctions over rights abuses
- China warns of reprisal over moves by White House, Congress
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The U.S. House voted Wednesday to authorize sanctions against Chinese officials for human rights abuses against Muslim minorities, as Congress and the White House ratchet up pressure on the government in Beijing amid rising tensions between the world’s two biggest economies.
The 413-1 vote comes on the same day the Trump administration said that Hong Kong is no longer politically autonomous from China, a move that could have far-reaching consequences on the former British colony’s special trading status with the U.S.