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http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/world/friendly-china-ties-come-with-award-but-ethicists-object-301794.html
Friendly China Ties Come With Award, But Ethicists Object
By Matthew Robertson
An American university recently pressed ahead with awarding the Chinese minister of health an honorary doctorate, over the strenuous objections of researchers of organ transplantation practices in China. The symbolic gesture was made in the context of proposals to strengthen ties between the University of Minnesota and China, in what critics have said is a misguided approach that accepts at face value official Chinese pronouncements and puts medical ethics in the back seat.
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