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Select China Committee Begs Trump to Pressure Xi Jinping to Release Religious Worshippers

A key congressional panel met Tuesday to urge President Donald Trump to discuss the release of imprisoned Christian worshippers, some of whom are American citizens, from China during his upcoming meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping.

The hearing from the Congressional-Executive Commission on China comes after the last time the two world leaders met, and the People’s Republic of China released Pastor Ezra Jin, who was imprisoned by the Chinese government for 200 days after he was charged with fraud and running a non-state-sponsored entity, which he described as a church, Jin told the Daily Signal before the hearing.

“Today’s hearing is a heartfelt appeal to Xi Jinping, let these wonderful people go,” said Committee Chairman Rep. Chris Smith, R-N.J., who also introduced a resolution in 2025 urging the release of an American imprisoned in China. “This summit is a golden opportunity for the president to do that.”

Smith added that he will be” immediately in touch with Secretary of State Marco Rubio after this hearing” to relay the committee’s findings to him and to urge Trump to “look Xi Jinping in the eyes and advocate for the release of the prisoners.”

Jin’s daughter,........

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