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Chris Smith: What is the reason that New York University, for example, terminated the fellowship of a world-class human rights…

On the recordDecember 3, 2014
What is the reason that New York University, for example, terminated the fellowship of a world-class human rights advocate and hero, Chen Guangcheng?
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Chris Smith
Republican · New Jersey

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Smith questions NYU's decision to end Chen Guangcheng's fellowship amid its ties to China.

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