The Chinese regime will face consequences for its human rights abuses, President Joe Biden said, when asked about Beijing’s repression of Uyghur Muslims in the far-western region of Xinjiang during a televised event on Feb. 16. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP), headed by Xi Jinping, has drawn international condemnation over its abuses in Xinjiang, where roughly a million Uyghur and other Muslim-practicing minorities are being detained inside concentration camps. Former U.S. Secretary of State Pompeo designated China’s abuses there as a genocide. “Well, there will be repercussions for China, and he [Xi] knows that,” Biden said at a CNN Town Hall event held in Milwaukee. He said the United States would reassert its role in speaking up for human rights at the United Nations and other fora. “China is trying very hard to become the world leader and to get that moniker,” Biden said. “And to be able to do …