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US criticizes China in international religious freedom report
Voice of America
FILE - Tourists take photos in Urumqi, in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, during a government-organized trip for foreign journalists, April 21, 2021.
The United States criticized China in the State Department’s 2023 Report on International Religious Freedom, describing the country as a repressive regime.
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