"I'm just scared that our families are going to end up on the cutting-room floor as part of dealmaking," one advocate said.

The military alliance is expected to brand China a security risk at President Biden's first summit.

Joe Biden makes his first trip to Brussels as U.S. president this week to meet with other leaders from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and to discuss defense priorities, such as China, an increasingly hostile Russia and the threats posed by climate...

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Responding to concerns raised over potential human rights violations in Xinjiang, China called the scrutiny "lies, rumours and baseless accusations."