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He explained that he was worried about the recent trend in China to reverse the repudiation of the
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After the
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As a student leader at Number Eight Middle School and the director of the school's
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In 2013, before the 50th anniversary of the
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denouncements of school leaders. Later on when I served as the director of the school's
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Chen's public apology made headlines nationwide and caused much online debate over the
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