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Dana Rohrabacher: “If we had made that stand a few years ago instead of heeding those naysayers who said, do not let the moral stand, we…”

On the recordJune 24, 1996
If we had made that stand a few years ago instead of heeding those naysayers who said, do not let the moral stand, we are going to evolve China away, rather than making a tough stand, we would probably right now be voting to grant most-favored-nation status to a new and more democratic China.
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Dana Rohrabacher
Republican · California

Editor's note · Context

Discussing U.S. policy towards China and the implications of moral stands in foreign relations.

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