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Pelosi Won't Slap China on Human Rights

Long critical of Beijing, speaker will focus on environment in visit

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(Newser) – Like Hillary Clinton before her, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will sidestep Beijing's human rights record on her weeklong trip to China that began today, reports the Washington Post. Pelosi, who has been a vocal critic of the Tiananmen Square massacre and Chinese policies on Tibet, says the focus of her trip will be climate change.

"We have to . . . learn from each other as we go forward. So that is the subject," said the speaker before departing today.

In this March 21, 2008 file photo, Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama and US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi talk to the media in Dharamsala, India.
In this March 21, 2008 file photo, Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama and US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi talk to the media in Dharamsala, India.   (AP Photo/Gurinder Osan, File)
Rep. Nancy Pelosi, speaker of the House of Representatives, arrives for a meeting with Liu Yungeng, chairman of Shanghai's Municipal People's Congress, in Shanghai, China, on Sunday, May 24, 2009.
Rep. Nancy Pelosi, speaker of the House of Representatives, arrives for a meeting with Liu Yungeng, chairman of Shanghai's Municipal People's Congress, in Shanghai, China, on Sunday, May 24, 2009.   (AP Photo/Qilai Shen, Pool)
Rep. Nancy Pelosi meets with Liu Yungeng, chairman of Shanghai's Municipal People's Congress, right, in Shanghai, China, on Sunday, May 24, 2009.
Rep. Nancy Pelosi meets with Liu Yungeng, chairman of Shanghai's Municipal People's Congress, right, in Shanghai, China, on Sunday, May 24, 2009.   (AP Photo/Qilai Shen, Pool)
In this Sept 4, 1991 file image from television, US lawmakers Ben Jones, Nancy Pelosi, and John Miller hold a banner on Tiananmen Square, Beijing, China.
In this Sept 4, 1991 file image from television, US lawmakers Ben Jones, Nancy Pelosi, and John Miller hold a banner on Tiananmen Square, Beijing, China.   (AP Photo/File)
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ClearSight
May 25, 09 11:32 AM CDT
Of course she won't, the criminals in Washington have borrowed too much money from the communist. Man Made Climate change is nothing more, than a Chicken Little, the sky is falling theory Reply
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the clintons shared china's bribe money with her Reply
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that is sooo 2 faced she needs to go. She is a idiot Reply
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You're telling me that when forced to choose between principles and money Americans choose money? Wow! Reply
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