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On the recordJune 3, 2019
Three decades ago, if you had acted on principle and with foresight, you would have demanded that China acknowledge its crimes in Tiananmen Square.
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Jim McGovern
Democratic · Massachusetts

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McGovern reflects on missed opportunities to hold China accountable for past actions.

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