The US House of Representatives has passed a bill that would force the Trump administration to take a tougher stance on Beijing over the mass detention of Uighurs in the Chinese province of Xinjiang.
The House voted 407-1 to approve the measure on Tuesday. It was the latest example in a number of overwhelmingly bipartisan congressional actions aimed at intensifying pressure on China over everything from its human rights abuses in Xinjiang to its stance on the pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong.
China reacted angrily to the bill, which is similar to a measure that was passed by the Senate in September. The Senate must pass the new version before the bill can be sent to Donald Trump, US president, for signing into law. The White House has not made clear whether the president would support the measure.