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Chris Smith: Xi Jinping talks about realizing the 'China Dream'--but when Bibles are burned, when a simple prayer over a meal in…

On the recordNovember 27, 2018
Xi Jinping talks about realizing the 'China Dream'--but when Bibles are burned, when a simple prayer over a meal in public is an illegal religious gathering, and when over a million Uyghur and Kazakh Muslims are interned in 're-education camps' and forced to renounce their faith--that dream is a nightmare.
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Chris Smith
Republican · New Jersey

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Smith contrasts Xi Jinping's rhetoric with the harsh realities of religious persecution in China.

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