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Michael Roth: “My own personal experience is that significant progress is being made. Let me give one illustration. When I was there…”

On the recordSeptember 8, 2000
My own personal experience is that significant progress is being made. Let me give one illustration. When I was there the first time, an individual could not move from Beijing to another region.
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Michael Roth

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Discussing progress in personal freedoms in China.

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