Rubio: Xi Jinping harassing Chinese Americans in the United States

Source: Washington Examiner | October 10, 2018 | Joel Gehrke

Chinese President Xi Jinping’s regime is harassing Chinese Americans and other repressed minorities that dissent from his ruling Communist Party, according to a pair of Republican lawmakers.

“This manifestation of China’s long arm cannot, must not, and will not go unanswered,” Sen. Marco Rubio, co-chair of the Congressional Executive Commission on China, told reporters Wednesday.

Rubio stressed that he has heard of the abuse from “Americans and legal permanent residents, who are being harassed and threatened here — here, in the United States.” The Florida Republican, along with New Jersey Rep. Chris Smith, wants FBI Director Christopher Wray to investigate those incidents and coordinate with the State Department to punish Chinese government officials responsible for the targeting policy.

“[W]e believe there is already sufficient evidence available to warrant a more concerted outreach effort, including mechanisms like a possible anonymous tip line, to counter brazen Chinese government threats and influence operations on American soil,” Rubio and Smith wrote in a Wednesday letter to the FBI chief.

The pair released that letter while unveiling their commission’s annual report on China. It is a catalog of the regime’s human rights abuses — including the crackdown on Uighur Muslims in Xinjiang province, involving what “may be the largest incarceration of an ethnic minority population since World War II” — abuse of religious freedom and the harassment of American journalists and Chinese Christians.

“China’s domestic repression is directly related to its international aggression and global political influence operations and as a result are directly connected to the vital U.S. national interests,” Rubio said Wednesday.

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