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Taking heat over censorship in China
Created: 10/30/2007
Video description: Rep. Christopher Smith chairs the House of Representatives\r\nSubcommittee on Africa, Global Human Rights and International\r\nOperations. At a hearing in Washington, he reads a pointed indictment of\r\nCisco Systems, Google, Microsoft and Yahoo. Smith says the tech\r\ncompanies aid repression by the Chinese government.\r\n

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