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Roots of Protest and the Party Response in China

Testimony by Elizabeth C. Economy

February 25, 2011

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Elizabeth Economy testifies before the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission on the roots of protests in China and tactics used by the Chinese government in response.

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