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Marcy Kaptur: “I had a young woman before one of our committees this past week. We were discussing this. She is a Chinese American. Her…”

On the recordMay 16, 2000
I had a young woman before one of our committees this past week. We were discussing this. She is a Chinese American. Her roommate was shot. Her roommate was a demonstrator in Tiananmen Square in 1989. This young woman who is a physicist and now lives in my community in Ohio became politically active when she saw this happen to her friend who was a democracy demonstrator inside China. I asked her about this attitude of Americans, this kind of belief. She said, I cannot believe how naive the people here really are. Do you think because China promises something, she is going to do it? Do you, who live under a rule-of-law society, believe if someone signs a piece of paper, they are going to do it? Why are you so naive? Do you not understand what goes on there?
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Marcy Kaptur
Democratic · Ohio

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the naivety of American perceptions about China during a committee meeting.

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