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"Congress and the administration should have used the PNTR leverage to get some human rights improvements first, before giving up the annual review process. The timing of the PNTR vote is particularly unfortunate, just as human rights conditions are worsening. Beijing is closing down all channels of political dissent -- including on the Internet -- even while it's opening up its economy."

Human Rights Watch Press Release, September 19, 2000

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