“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.
None of this is sudden. Everything they're doing now has been suggested and expected throughout the year.
Yeah this current campaign goes at least as far back as Obama and Clinton's "pivot" to the "Indo-Pacific region," which made virtually no sense to me at the time but now makes too much fuckin' sense.
According to this video, it's likely even earlier at 2004/5.