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On the recordMarch 9, 2000
yesterday in his comments about giving China MFN, the President said, ``I believe the choice between economic rights and human rights, between economic security and national security is a false one.'' If that is the case, Mr. President, why is the Chinese Government continuing to persecute the Catholic Church? Why is the Chinese Government persecuting the Protestant Church? Why is the Clinton administration going against its own human rights report and not speaking out for those who are being plundered and killed in Tibet? Why is the Chinese government persecuting the Muslims in China? Why, if one reads today's Washington Times, are we allowing the Chinese Government to increase its spying activities in the United States? Mr. President, if you really believe that there is no connection, then you have not read your own human rights report.
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Tom Wolf
Democratic · Pennsylvania
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Editor's note · Context

Questioning the President's stance on human rights in relation to economic relations with China.

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