Trump plans to sign bill pressuring China over Uighur Muslim crackdown
US President Donald Trump plans to sign legislation calling for sanctions on Chinese officials responsible for oppressing Uighur Muslims, a source familiar with the matter said on Monday, without offering a time frame for the signing.
The bill, which passed the US House of Representatives and the Senate with bipartisan support last month, calls for sanctions against those responsible for the repression of Uighurs and other Muslim groups in China's Xinjiang province, where the United Nations estimates more than a million Muslims have been detained in camps...
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