Olivia Enos

Caption A pro-democracy activist hangs a yellow banner reading "Free All Political Prisoners" during a protest in Hong Kong. (Getty Images)

As President Trump heads to Beijing to meet with Xi Jinping, trade and economic cooperation between the U.S. and China will be top of mind.

For over seven years, Ziba Murat has been waiting for news that her mother Gulshan Abbas, a peaceful Uyghur doctor unjustly detained by the CCP, would be released.

Today marks 37 years since the Tiananmen Square massacre. That day, in that square, will never be forgotten.

Prior to his travels to Beijing, President Donald Trump stated his intentions to raise the cases of political prisoners with Chinese leader Xi Jinping.

Caption Pro-democracy activists line up outside the West Kowloon court as they hold a banner that reads, “Release all political prisoners,” on March 1, 2021, in Hong Kong, China. (Getty Images)

Caption Rushan Abbas holds a photo of her sister, Uyghur doctor Gulshan Abbas, who is detained in China, during the “No Deals Without Freedom” protest at Lafayette Park on May 11, 2026, in Washington, DC. (Getty Images)

China's War on Faith , by Sam Brownback, with Michael Arkush (Republic, 256 pp., $21) I will never forget the story of Mihrigul Tursun.

President Donald Trump should use his September meeting with President Xi Jinping to push China to release prisoners of conscience.

Caption US President Donald Trump meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, China, on May 14, 2026. (Getty Images)