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Tough words on human rights

This time of year sees a semi-ritualised exchange between China and the United States. On Wednesday, the US State Department published its 2008 Human Rights report. The report includes a 47,000-word section on human rights problems in China: "The... ...full story at James Reynolds

from James Reynolds on Fri, Feb 27 2009

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