China (Executive Session)

The Senate discussed China ahead of a state visit by President Xi Jinping. Senator Wicker said the president should not have invited China’s leader to Washington for a formal welcome, and that now that the visit is happening, the president should confront him directly. Wicker listed topics he said the president should raise: Chinese assistance to Iran that he said kills American troops, imprisonment of religious minorities, pressure on Taiwan and the Philippines, and the release of political prisoners.Written by AI from the debate. Updated .

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