Trump Urged to Press Xi on 10 Detained Bishops and 300 Threats in U.S.
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Updated · Fox News · Sep 21
Trump Urged to Press Xi on 10 Detained Bishops and 300 Threats in U.S.
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Sep 21
Summary
Xi’s Sept. 24 Washington visit is being framed as a test of whether Trump will directly challenge Beijing over religious persecution in China and intimidation of dissidents in the United States.
10 Chinese Catholic bishops are in detention, the Panchen Lama has been missing for 31 years, and Pastor Ezra Jin was jailed for leading an independent Beijing church before Trump raised his case with Xi.
Nearly 300 bomb and death threats have targeted Falun Gong practitioners in the U.S., underscoring claims that Beijing’s repression now extends beyond China’s borders.
Anthropic said days ago it disrupted China-linked use of Claude to compile surveillance dossiers on overseas dissidents and Tibetan Buddhist, Falun Gong, Christian and Uyghur communities, including in America.
The broader argument is that China’s control of religion and cross-border coercion should become part of U.S. leverage with Beijing, not be separated from trade and diplomacy.