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Ron Paul against bill on China

US Republican congressman Ron Paul of Texas described the recent resolution by the House of Representatives on China's human rights situation as "ill-conceived" and "hypocritical" and he urged the US legislature to deal with human rights abuses in US or those created abroad by US foreign policies.

"I rise in opposition to this resolution, which is yet another meaningless but provocative condemnation of China. It is this kind of jingoism that has led to such a low opinion of the United States abroad," Paul, who had run for US president earlier, said in a statement.