dr. david aikman, two of today's witnesses. we also invited anyone from the chinese embassy who might want to come and give an account. he and they refused. i guess minister chu thought he was back in beijing where the big lie is king, and no one ever dares to do a fact check. a few days ago the u.s. department of state asked the chinese government to, quote: end the harassment of those who participated in the protests and fully account for those killed, detained or missing. the response? the chinese foreign ministry acrimoniously said that the u.s. should, quote: stop interfering in china's internal affairs so as not to sabotage u.s./china relations. sabotage relations because our side requests an end to harassment, because we request an accounting? sounds to me like they have much to hide. president obama, as we know, is scheduled to meet with chinese president zinn ping on friday and saturday to discuss human rights abuses in china. it must be on the agenda and not in a superficial way. it is time to get serious about china'

dr. david aikman, who were actually witnesses at my hearing this past monday, we also invited minister chu or anyone the chinese embassy might want to send to the hearing to give an accountinging of that blatant lie. i guess minister chu was thinking no one would do a fact check. the u.s. department of state asked the chinese government to, end harassment of those who participated in the protests of 1989 and fully account for those killed, detained or missing. what was the response from the chinese government? the chinese ministry, foreign ministry, acrimoniously said that the united states, quote, stop interfering in china's internal affairs so as not to sabotage u.s.-chinese relations. we have heard that line from the soviet union. we heard it from those who supported apartheid in africa, don't interfere. human rights is universal and we need to speak out boldly and without fear when they are violated wherever and whenever they occur. sabotage relations because our side requested end to harassment and an accounting? sounds to me like they have much to hide. therefore, mr. president, tomo