Ms. Sophie Richardson at the Canada-China Relations Committee

On August 11th, 2020. See this statement in context.

August 11th, 2020 / 1:55 p.m.

China Director, Human Rights Watch

I think one of the most urgent needs for rights-respecting governments in the coming few years is to map out for the coming decade, at least, which is hard for democracies to do, how to present a counterweight to these threats, rather than individual, piecemeal, this government doing this, that one doing that. Sometimes things happen—

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