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US President Joe Biden says China will face repercussions on human rights abuses
China will pay a price for its human rights abuses, United States President Joe Biden has warned.
Key points:
- Mr Biden said the US would reassert its global role in speaking up for human rights
- The US President earlier emphasized to China the priority of preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region
- He has tried to send a message that he would take a different approach to China from that of Donald Trump
He was responding to queries at a televised event on the Asian nation’s handling of Muslim minorities in its far western region of Xinjiang.
Chinese President Xi Jinping has drawn global criticism for holding the minority Uyghurs in internment camps and other human rights abuses.
“Well, there will be repercussions for China and he knows…
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