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HRES 1650 111th Congress House

Calling on the Government of the People's Republic of China to immediately release Chen Guangcheng and his relatives from house arrest and to cease persecuting and harassing Chen Guangcheng, his…

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Official title: Calling on the Government of the People's Republic of China to immediately release Chen Guangcheng and his relatives from house arrest and to cease persecuting and harassing Chen Guangcheng, his relatives, and supporters.

Introduced: September 22, 2010 Introduced by: Smith, Christopher H. Republican · New Jersey See on congress.gov
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Sep 22, 2010
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
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Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Calls on the government of the People's Republic of China (PRC) to release Chen Guangcheng and his relatives from house arrest and to cease persecuting and harassing Chen Guangcheng, his relatives, and supporters.

Condemns the PRC's birth limitation policy, particularly the enforcement of birth limitations through policies that encourage officials to force women to have abortions or to be sterilized, or both.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 1650: Calling on the Government of the People's Republic of China to immediately release Chen Guangcheng and his relatives from house arrest and to cease persecuting and harassing Chen Guangcheng, his relatives, and supporters.. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HRES-1650/
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"H. Res. 1650: Calling on the Government of the People's Republic of China to immediately release Chen Guangcheng and his relatives from house arrest and to cease persecuting and harassing Chen Guangcheng, his relatives, and supporters.." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HRES-1650/.
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H. Res. 1650, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HRES-1650/.
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[H. Res. 1650: Calling on the Government of the People's Republic of China to immediately release Chen Guangcheng and his relatives from house arrest and to cease persecuting and harassing Chen Guangcheng, his relatives, and supporters.](https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HRES-1650/)
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