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Chris Smith: But on religious freedom, whether it be the Falun Gong, the underground Christian Church, the Catholic or Protestants…

On the recordMay 21, 2014
But on religious freedom, whether it be the Falun Gong, the underground Christian Church, the Catholic or Protestants, the Uyghurs, and of course the Tibetan Buddhists, there is a wholesale effort to eradicate the church.
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Chris Smith
Republican · New Jersey

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Smith describes the extensive religious persecution in China targeting various faiths.

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