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| Subject: Biden Meets Chinese Human Rights Activists Thu Feb 09, 2012 7:26 pm | |
| U.S. Vice President Joe Biden has met with activists about what the White House calls a “deterioration” in China’s human rights situation. The issue is likely to be discussed when the Chinese vice president visits Washington next week.
Administration officials say Vice President Biden met with four human rights figures Wednesday, before he hosts his counterpart, Xi Jinping, who is expected to be China’s next leader.
A White House statement said Biden and the activists “discussed the deterioration of China’s human rights situation, prospects for reform, and recommendations for U.S. policy.”
According to the statement, the vice president repeated his view that “greater openness and protection of universal rights is the best way to promote innovation, prosperity, and stability in all countries, including China.”
http://www.voanews.com/english/news/asia/Biden-Meets-Chinese-Human-Rights-Activists--139050744.html |
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