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Chris Smith: “The Commission's 2015 report comes to the troubling conclusion that the Chinese Government's efforts to 'silence…”

On the recordJanuary 11, 2016
The Commission's 2015 report comes to the troubling conclusion that the Chinese Government's efforts to 'silence dissent, suppress human rights advocacy, and control civil society' are broader in scope than in any other period documented since the Commission started issuing reports in 2002.
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Chris Smith
Republican · New Jersey

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Smith highlights the worsening human rights situation in China as per the Commission's report.

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