House Passes Bill to Preserve Uyghur Identity Amid CCP Rights Abuses

A new bill passed by the House seeks to shed light on communist China’s repression of minority groups and to preserve the identities of those groups threatened by genocide. The Uyghur Policy Act aims to create concrete pathways for the United States to support Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities subject to mass human rights abuses by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The bill received overwhelming bipartisan support during a Feb. 15 vote, passing by a margin of 414–6. It will now move to the Senate for consideration. Rep. Young Kim (R-Calif.), sponsor of the bill, spoke on the House floor, saying that the legislation would help to preserve the Uyghur identity from CCP attempts to erase it from history....