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The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a bill banning imports from China’s Xinjiang region amid concerns over forced labor of the Uyghur ethnic minority there, a move that is likely to worsen tensions between Washington and Beijing. The Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, which aims to hold China accountable for what the U.S. government calls a “genocide” against the Muslim Uyghurs in China’s far-western region, passed the House as a compromise bicameral bill. It will be sent to the Senate for “swift action,” according to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. “If America does not speak out …