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HRW warns China is undermining human rights and institutions

Experts cautioned that China has been using its economic muscle to silence critics at home and increasingly abroad.

Yang Jianli, a U.S.-educated Chinese mathematician and political economist who founded Citizen Power Initiatives for China
Yang Jianli, a U.S.-educated Chinese mathematician and political economist who founded Citizen Power Initiatives for China, addresses the 2015 Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy (AN/Eric Bridiers)

UNITED NATIONS (AN) — A new report by Human Rights Watch warns that China is using its growing economic influence to silence critics at home and abroad.

The report, which reviews human rights in over 90 nations, said on Tuesday that China leverages foreign investment, international organizations, and treaties to this end.

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