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Chris Smith: They stand for the right of everyone in China, religious believers, ethnic minorities, petitioners, women who have been…

On the recordJune 27, 2017
They stand for the right of everyone in China, religious believers, ethnic minorities, petitioners, women who have been forced to undergo forced abortions, labor activists, or victims of corrupt or of the barbaric population-control policies, to always have a fair hearing, due process and a justice that is not politicized.
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Chris Smith
Republican · New Jersey

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Smith advocates for the rights of various oppressed groups in China.

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