Dozens of national security experts have submitted a letter to President Donald Trump urging him to directly address religious persecution in China during his upcoming summit in Beijing.
The letter, drafted by the Vandenberg Coalition and submitted to Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday, encouraged Trump to confront the “significant amount of religious persecution in China perpetrated by the Chinese Communist Party” under the leadership of paramount leader Xi Jinping during next month’s meeting.
“Make clear that the United States expects China to end its religious persecution against people of all faiths, and that the United States is prepared to issue sanctions and visa bans targeting specific Chinese officials responsible for religious persecution,” the group urged in the letter.
In this Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2016 photo, Chinese women walk past a decoration displaying a Baby Jesus doll part of a Nativity scene at the Nantang Catholic Church in Beijing.
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