The Future of Political Reform in China

Testimony by Elizabeth C. Economy

November 09, 2010

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Elizabeth C. Economy testifies before the Congressional-Executive Commission on China on political activist and Nobel Peace Laureate Liu Xiaobo and the future of political reform in China.

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