China Should Prove It ‘Truly’ Wants to Improve Relations Before Biden, Xi Meeting, Republicans Say

House Republicans demands President Biden ‘challenge Beijing’ on fentanyl and human rights.

Chairman of the Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.) speaks during an interfaith roundtable on the CCP's threat to religious freedom in Washington on July 12, 2023. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

Republicans in Congress urged President Joe Biden to reverse his approach toward China, demanding that Chinese Communist Party leader Xi Jinping “demonstrate [his] seriousness” in improving ties with the United States before they two leaders meet next week.

A group of 13 Republicans on the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, led by chairman Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.), penned a letter to President Biden, expressing their concerns over the administration’s continuing efforts to engage with the Chinese regime.