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Perry Link on China's Charter 08

The New York Review of Books Podcast

Perry Link, professor of East Asian studies at Princeton University, speaks with Hugh Eakin about the Chinese state's reaction to Charter 08, a document calling for human rights and democracy signed by thousands of Chinese citizens since its release in December. To read the Charter, or to find more articles by Perry Link, please visit nybooks.com.

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