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Brad Sherman: The Communist Party of China is retreating into the last refuge of scoundrels and illegitimate governments, and that is…

On the recordJuly 6, 2016
The Communist Party of China is retreating into the last refuge of scoundrels and illegitimate governments, and that is exaggerated nationalism.
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Brad Sherman
Democratic · California

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Sherman critiques the Chinese Communist Party's reliance on nationalism amid legitimacy crises.

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