A group of Republican lawmakers is urging Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen to hold China’s communist regime accountable during their upcoming trips to China.
Blinken and Yellen are both slated to visit China in the coming weeks, marking the highest level diplomatic visits by the United States to China since 2018.
A Feb. 1 letter drafted by GOP lawmakers to Blinken and Yellen warned that the pair should not allow their trips to become propaganda victories for communist authorities.
“We urge you to use the trips to hold the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) accountable for its human rights violations, unfair trade practices, and increasing aggression in the Indo-Pacific region and beyond,” the letter said….