Dozens of national security experts have submitted a letter to President Donald Trump urging him to directly address religious persecution in China during his upcoming summit in Beijing.

The letter, drafted by the Vandenberg Coalition and submitted to Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday, encouraged Trump to confront the “significant amount of religious persecution in China perpetrated by the Chinese Communist Party” under the leadership of paramount leader Xi Jinping during next month’s meeting.

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