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Chris Smith: If China does not respect the rights of its own people to the point that it won't murder them or torture them... that is…

On the recordOctober 28, 2013
If China does not respect the rights of its own people to the point that it won't murder them or torture them... that is a threat to all the decent people in the world.
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Chris Smith
Republican · New Jersey

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Smith warns that China's human rights abuses pose a global threat.

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