US House panel on countering China urges actions on Xinjiang and Taiwan
- House select committee issues its first set of policy recommendations, addressing the ‘ongoing genocide’ of Uygurs and deterring Beijing from cross-strait attacks
- The bipartisan panel has no authority to draft or amend laws but is tasked with supplying the House with legislative proposals
The House select committee on China released its first set of policy recommendations on Wednesday – intent on acting against the “ongoing genocide” in Xinjiang and deterring Beijing’s military aggression in the Taiwan Strait.
The recommendations – which range from sanctions on Chinese tech companies to improving military coordination with Taiwan – formed the core of two reports, both of which were approved Wednesday by the committee to send to the House.
The first – “The Chinese Communist Party’s Ongoing Uygur Genocide: Policy Recommendations” – was adopted unanimously by voice vote.
The second, “10 for Taiwan: Policy Recommendations to Preserve Peace and Stability in the Taiwan Strait”, was adopted with one “nay” vote, from Representative Andy Kim, Democrat of New Jersey.
The panel, whose formal name is the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party, was formed in January and has no authority to draft or amend laws.
But it is tasked with making recommendations to legislative committees before the end of the year. Its members – 13 Republican and 11 Democratic representatives – sit on various House committees with jurisdiction over the recommendations, including armed services and foreign affairs.
