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‘US wants change in China’s human rights record’

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US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (L) and Chinese Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Jieyi (AFP photo / Greg Baker / POOL)

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US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on her visit to Beijing. Dr Stephen Halper, a former National Security Advisor for George Bush Sr., says the US want to see a change in China’s human rights record.

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