ABC News: U.S.: US, China Begin Annual Human Rights Dialogue

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US, China Begin Annual Human Rights Dialogue Jul 23rd 2012, 16:44 U.S. and China are holding their annual human rights dialogue that allows Washington to raise thorny issues but also demonstrates its limited leverage with Beijing. The two days of closed-door talks between senior officials began in Washington Monday. Human rights groups want the U.S. to press China over a crackdown on rights lawyers and activists and repression in Tibet. The Obama administration says the issue of human rights is central to its foreign policy. In May, a prominent Chinese dissident was allowed to move to New York after he sought refuge in the U.S. Embassy in Beijing. But Washington's scope for pressuring China has diminished as the Asian nation's stature has grown.

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