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Chris Smith: I am probably the only member, along with Frank Wolf, who has ever been in a laogai, Beijing Number 1.

On the recordNovember 3, 2015
I am probably the only member, along with Frank Wolf, who has ever been in a laogai, Beijing Number 1.
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Chris Smith
Republican · New Jersey

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Smith shares his personal experience in a Chinese labor camp to highlight human rights abuses.

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