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On the recordFebruary 13, 2018
China has a terrible human rights record. Whatever hope once existed that China would become more open, more ruled by law and more democratic as it became wealthier, has faded over the years--especially under the rule of President Xi Jinping.
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Jim McGovern
Democratic · Massachusetts

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McGovern criticizes China's human rights record and its authoritarian governance under Xi Jinping.

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