“The People’s Republic of China is waging a brutal campaign of repression against the Uyghur people and other minorities with mass incarceration, torture and forced labor,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said during a news conference Wednesday before the vote. “With these bills, the House is combating this horrific situation and shining a light on Beijing’s abuse.”
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Nevermind the US slave labor codified in our constitution, concentration camps for brown people, including babies and children, and (illegal) assassination of a foreign diplomat.
This is block is so narrowly targeted, I feel like it must have been lobbied for by Chinese capitalists to fuck with their rivals.
was it the US invasion of afghanistan where they were trying to snuff out heroin production and would kill people based on the allegation that they were growing poppies? reminds me of that