>>> joining me now is new jersey
congressman chris smith.
the top house republican on the
congressional executive
commission on china.
thanks so much, congressman for
being with us.
what would you like to see the
president do in this summit with
president xi on the human rights
issue, which has been your main
concern.
>> it certainly is and there has
been, andrea, a very serious
deterioration over the last four
years of human rights respect,
the persecution has increased,
the falun gong, the dalai lama's
people, the tibetan buddhists,
everywhere you look there's been
a serious ratcheting up of the
persecution, forced abortion has
gotten worse.
gendercide, the missing girls
and the administration has put
human rights on a back bench or
given it a back seat approach.
even hillary clinton said on her
way to beijing first time, we're
not going to let human rights
interfere with important issues,
i believe there's a lot of
important issues but human
rights should be at the core.
my...