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On the recordSeptember 17, 1999
How can we, if we believe that to be true, consider the world's worst human rights abuser as our strategic partner?
Said by
Dana Rohrabacher
Republican · California

Editor's note · Context

Questioning U.S. policy towards China as a strategic partner.

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