Three congressional Republicans are calling on President Donald Trump to confront Chinese leader Xi Jinping at their upcoming meeting over the cases of Americans who have been wrongfully detained or barred from leaving China under exit bans.
In a letter dated Oct. 22 to Trump, Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.), and Rep. John Moolenaar (R-Mich.) called the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) the “world’s largest hostage-taker.”
“It uses detentions and exit bans to punish and censor Americans, gain leverage over U.S. businesses, and pressure changes in U.S. policy—disproportionately targeting Chinese-American and Uyghur-American communities,” the lawmakers wrote, noting that the CCP has engaged in these practices “with impunity.”…