WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. and China began their annual human rights dialogue Monday that gives Washington a chance to broach thorny issues but also demonstrates its limited leverage with Beijing.
Human rights groups urged the U.S. to press China over a crackdown on rights lawyers and activists and repression in Tibet — where dozens of Buddhists have set themselves on fire in the past year to protest Beijing’s authoritarian rule.
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