Chris Smith actually said...

I appeal, this subcommittee appeals, to the President to demand the immediate and unconditional freedom and release of Nguyen Van Dai and the others.

Smith urges the President to secure the release of political prisoners in Vietnam.

05/09/2016

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A strategy of engagement through trade, investment, and people-to-people exchanges has not lead to a freer China.

Use the UN human rights mechanism as leverage...

Smith, Hon. Christopher, a U.S. Representative From New Jersey; Chairman, Congressional-Executive Commission on China.

This has been another dark and difficult year for Chinese rights defenders and democracy activists.