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    In China, Trump Helped Basketball Stars But Not Human Rights

    President Trump has returned from his trip to Asia, which included stops in China. NPR's Scott Simon highlights some of the dissidents Trump didn't mention on the trip.
    by Scott Simon Nov 18, 2017 1 minute
    President Trump joined China's President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People on Nov. 9 in Beijing.

    The President Trump helped spring from China this week looked shamefaced when they told reporters in Los Angeles they were guilty of shoplifting sunglasses in China. They added they were grateful to President Trump for raising their case with President Xi which will probably not deter pro teams from one day signing the suspended college basketball stars to big-time contracts.

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