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Are the Olympics Affecting China on Human Rights?

Complete video at: Human Rights Watch Media Director Minky Worden discusses whether recent international attention due to environmental disasters, economic growth, and the 2008 Olympics has affected China's positions on human rights. ----- As human...

from YouTube on Fri, Jul 25 2008

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