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Chris Smith: I am very concerned that people have forgotten that China could have made a pivot toward democracy and freedom and chose…

On the recordMay 21, 2014
I am very concerned that people have forgotten that China could have made a pivot toward democracy and freedom and chose tanks and brutality instead.
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Chris Smith
Republican · New Jersey

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Smith expresses concern over China's choice of brutality over democracy.

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