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Pelosi Won't Slap China on Human Rights

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

By Katherine Thompson, Newser Staff

Posted May 24, 2009 1:29 PM CDT

(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,... Read full story »

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