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Chris Smith: Sadly, the answer is no. As this Commission's most recent Annual Report documents, China continues to massively violate…

On the recordJanuary 14, 2014
Sadly, the answer is no. As this Commission's most recent Annual Report documents, China continues to massively violate the most basic human rights of its own people and to systematically undermine the rule of law.
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Chris Smith
Republican · New Jersey

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Smith states China has failed to uphold human rights and rule of law.

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