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Chris Smith: The prospects for greater civil and political rights in China seems as remote today as it did the day after the tanks…

On the recordMay 19, 2014
The prospects for greater civil and political rights in China seems as remote today as it did the day after the tanks rolled through the Square.
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Chris Smith
Republican · New Jersey

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Smith remarks on the bleak outlook for civil rights in China since Tiananmen.

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