Recent News About Christopher H. Smith

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  China Aid Association president at hearing on China: 'This is the darkest, the worst time, for human rights in China since the revolution'

  The list of political prisoners in China is long, but one of the more notable cases involves Gao Zhisheng, which was the focus of a congressional hearing Thursday.

  By Laurie A. Luebbert

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  Smith on the idea that China would become a democracy: 'That fantasy has been shown to have been demonstrably naive, at best'

  U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) recently spoke on the floor of the House about China, saying both the American business and political communities are becoming too tolerant of the communist state's human rights abuses.

  By Sam Jackson

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