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Lawmakers seek to counter China, Iran repression tactics on US soil
U.S. lawmakers introduced a bipartisan bill to increase penalties for foreign government agents targeting people on U.S. soil, aiming to counter transnational repression by countries like China and Iran. The bill follows China's ethnic unity law, which went into effect on July 1, authorizing actions against critics abroad.
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