Tom Cotton: China is building a ‘new evil empire’

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Chinese President Xi Jinping is establishing a “new evil empire,” a top senator warned Wednesday, aided by multinational and even American corporations despite the Communist regime’s disregard for human rights.

“[W]e must stop our own companies from helping China build this new evil empire,” Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., said in a speech at the Hudson Institute. “This is the 21st century rope that capitalists will sell to hang themselves.”

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