The US will urge its G7 allies to increase pressure on China over the use of forced labour in Xinjiang province, a top White House official says.
The United States will urge its Group of Seven allies to increase pressure on China over the use of forced labour in its north-western Xinjiang province, home to the Muslim Uyghur minority, a top White House official has said.Washington has already taken strong actions against China over human rights abuses in Xinjiang
Daleep Singh, deputy national security adviser to Mr Biden and deputy director of the National Economic Council, said the G7 meeting in Cornwall would focus on health security, a synchronised economic response to the COVID-19 pandemic, concrete actions on climate change, and "elevating shared democratic values within the G7".
"The galvanising challenge for the G7 is to show that open societies, democratic societies still have the best chance of solving the biggest problems in our world, and that top-down autocracies are not the best path."human rights abuses in XinjiangChina is under pressure to cease forced labour in its north-western Xinjiang province, home to the Muslim Uyghur minority.
China denies all accusations of abuse and has responded with punitive measures of its own against the EU.
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