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China's Rise to Global Power: A Decade of Conflict and Repression

Strategic Insights

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Twenty years have passed since China joined the World Trade Organization, a move that Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) now believes was a "grievous mistake." The communist government's growth in power has been accompanied by a deterioration in human rights, with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) perpetrating genocide against the Uyghur people. Pascrell voted in favor of three pieces of legislation condemning the CCP's actions, including the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, which aims to deter corporations from profiting from slave and forced labor.

Key Takeaways:

  • The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has perpetrated genocide against the Uyghur people.
  • Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) voted in favor of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, which aims to deter corporations from profiting from slave and forced labor.
  • The legislation also includes a formal condemnation of the CCP's Uyghur genocide (H.Res. 317) and a resolution highlighting the CCP's silencing and possible kidnapping of tennis star Peng Shuai.
  • Pascrell believes that China's entry into the WTO was a "grievous mistake" that paved the way for the CCP's rise to economic power.
  • The CCP has used its economic power to crush democratic norms, empower dictators, undermine workers, rig the world economy, and threaten America's allies.
  • The CCP's actions are a direct threat to liberty and democracy around the world.
  • Pascrell is proud to cosponsor the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act to continue to deter corporations from profiting from slave and forced labor.

Statistics:

  • 20 years since China joined the World Trade Organization.
  • At least 1 million Uyghurs are believed to have been victims of genocide in Xinjiang, China.
  • According to the US, China's human rights abuses in Xinjiang include forced labor, mass detentions, and torture.
  • 100% of the Uyghurs are Muslim, and the CCP's actions in Xinjiang have been compared to the persecution of Jews during the Holocaust.

Sources:

  • Office of Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr.
  • H.R. 1155: Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act
  • H.Res. 317: Condemning the Chinese Communist Party's Uyghur genocide
  • H.Res. 837: Resolution on the CCP's silencing and possible kidnapping of tennis star Peng Shuai

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