The U.S. Senate approved legislation on Thursday calling on President Donald Trump’s administration to toughen its response to China’s crackdown on its Uighur Muslim minority, the latest push in Washington to punish China as Trump blames Beijing for worsening the coronavirus pandemic. It specifically singles out a member of China’s powerful Politburo as responsible for “gross human rights violations” against them. The Republican-led Senate passed the bill by unanimous consent, without a roll-call vote.
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