WASHINGTON—A bipartisan group of 15 U.S. lawmakers on Aug. 29 urged the U.S. administration to impose sanctions on Chinese officials responsible for human rights abuses of minority Muslims in Xinjiang, saying the region was being turned into a “high-tech police state.”
The group, led by Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.), co-chairs of the bipartisan Congressional Executive Commission on China, made the call in a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin.
