The US House of Representatives has passed a bill demanding a tougher response from the Trump administration over reports of mass detention centers run by the Chinese government in Xinjiang.
The Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act, which still needs to gain approval from the US Senate, calls for concrete measures to be taken against Beijing over allegations that up to two million Muslim-majority Uyghurs have been detained in"re-education" camps in the far western region.The Chinese government reacted with fury to the proposed legislation, which Foreign Ministry spokesman Hua Chunying said"wantonly smeared China's counter-terrorism and de-radicalization efforts.
Reporter: Uyghurs say camps meant to eradicate culture 03:30US, China tensionsThe passage of the bill comes after two sets of leaked documents published by global media threw a spotlight on the mass detention of Uyghurs and other minority groups in Xinjiang. The documents appeared to show the camps were set up under orders of the top Communist Party leadership to restrict the Uyghurs' religion and culture practices while bringing them closer to China's majority Han population.
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