Republicans hawkish on China are calling on President Trump ahead of his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping to push for the release of unjustly detained Americans and for Beijing to cease a campaign of religious and political persecution.

The meeting between Trump and Xi — set for Wednesday night, or Thursday morning in South Korea — largely focused on coming to a ceasefire in an escalating trade war. But Trump has made securing the release of Americans and those unjustly detained abroad a feature of his two terms in office.

"This administration has already, miraculously, gotten a lot of hostages out in other contexts and this could present an opportunity to further solidify a legacy of freeing prisoners in multiple high stakes regions," said Bill Drexel, the son-in-law of Ezra Ji

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