Paul Coverdell: “Among them, that cannot be undone, is there is a growing movement that…”

On the recordMarch 28, 1996

Among them, that cannot be undone, is there is a growing movement that it is a democracy. That is a democracy. The People's Republic of China is not. They are miles apart in that. There is a growing and emerging spirit within this island that they should be free and they should never be intimidated into the kind of government that the People's Republic of China still is, and they have empirical evidence of the way that government would operate by watching even the situation in Hong Kong today, which is a very disruptive situation, as you know, and very controversial. So they have reason to be deeply concerned about their own freedom which they now own. That is a change in the flow of events among them.

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Paul Coverdell

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Discussing the democratic aspirations of a region in contrast to the People's Republic of China.

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