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Matt Salmon: I had predicted that that would be a smooth transition, it really would be one country, two systems. And Mr.…

On the recordDecember 5, 2016
I had predicted that that would be a smooth transition, it really would be one country, two systems. And Mr. Rohrabacher, I will say to you right now, with egg all over my face, I was wrong.
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Matt Salmon
Arizona

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Salmon reflects on his misjudgment regarding China's human rights improvements post-Hong Kong handover.

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