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Tom Cotton: They're plainly using this kind of technology in Xinjiang to oppress their own people and to build their national power…

On the recordJuly 25, 2018
They're plainly using this kind of technology in Xinjiang to oppress their own people and to build their national power in a way to challenge us.
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Tom Cotton
Republican · Arkansas

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Cotton highlights China's use of technology for oppression and its geopolitical implications.

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