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On the recordSeptember 29, 2020
this has been a full-court press for seven years--to displace the Tibetan Buddhists from their own country and deprive them of their own culture and faith.
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Chris Smith
Republican · New Jersey

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Smith discusses the ongoing cultural suppression of Tibetan Buddhists by China.

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