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Nancy Pelosi: “Imprisoning Liu Xiaobo is not the act of a nation serious about earning a place of respect at the global table.”

On the recordDecember 11, 2012
Imprisoning Liu Xiaobo is not the act of a nation serious about earning a place of respect at the global table.
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Nancy Pelosi
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Pelosi criticizes China's treatment of Liu Xiaobo as undermining its global standing.

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