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China Slams Pelosi's Support for Tibet

House Speaker guilty of 'double standards,' state says

By Matt Cantor, Newser Staff

Posted Mar 23, 2008 2:36 PM CDT

(Newser) – China’s government hammered House Speaker Nancy Pelosi today over her meeting with the Dalai Lama and subsequent condemnation of China's "oppression" of Tibetan protests that turned to riots, the AP reports. Xinhua, China’s state news agency, said “human rights police” like... Read full story »

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