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Chinese Security Laws Elevate The Party And Stifle Dissent. Mao Would Approve.

Chinese Security Laws Elevate The Party And Stifle Dissent. Mao Would Approve.
Braden Goyette
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Senior Editor, The Huffington Post

Chinese President Xi Jinping awaits the arrival of US Secretary of State John Kerry for a meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on May 17, 2015. Kerry is on a two-day visit to China. AFP PHOTO / POOL / SAUL LOEB (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)
Chinese President Xi Jinping awaits the arrival of US Secretary of State John Kerry for a meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on May 17, 2015. Kerry is on a two-day visit to China. AFP PHOTO / POOL / SAUL LOEB (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)

BEIJING — China’s new national security law, released in draft form this month, has little to say about such traditional security matters as military power, counterespionage or defending the nation’s borders.

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