Sentences with phrase «chinese defense spending»

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Among the proposals getting short shrift from one or both chambers: the Bush - era tax cuts; all 12 annual spending bills; the arms control treaty with Russia; the defense bill; «don't ask, don't tell»; child nutrition; food safety; renewable electricity; Chinese currency manipulation; net neutrality; and cybersecurity.

His passionate defense of human rights and freedom of speech is deeply tied to his own personal experience, after spending his early childhood in a labor camp with his family, and later on being targeted for his outspoken criticism of the Chinese government.