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Eliot Engel: “That day made clear that China's Communist Party intended to hang on to power at any cost and to suppress dissent…”

On the recordJune 3, 2019
That day made clear that China's Communist Party intended to hang on to power at any cost and to suppress dissent violently if necessary.
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Eliot Engel
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Engel emphasizes the Communist Party's commitment to maintaining power through violence.

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