Posted on 02/07/2025 4:49:50 AM PST by MtnClimber
One can’t help but see the grim irony in a United Nations event on human rights being held in Hangzhou, a major Chinese city known for its technological hubs, co-hosted by the People’s Republic of China (PRC). Perhaps the invitations were printed on forced-labor cotton paper, and the keynote address brainstormed over a surveillance feed of political prisoners. Leave it to the UN to turn hypocrisy into a high art.
This past December, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the PRC co-hosted the Hernán Santa Cruz Dialogue on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in Hangzhou, China. The forum, ostensibly focused on promoting economic rights and collective development, included participation from various UN representatives and Chinese officials. It showcased Beijing’s attempts to position itself as a global leader in advancing redistributionist schemes under the guise of human rights. Shockingly—though perhaps unsurprisingly—not a single mention was made of the PRC’s ongoing human rights abuses, from the Uyghur concentration camps to the crackdown on Hong Kong’s democracy movement. Instead, the event served as a platform for Beijing to rehabilitate its image and present itself as a champion of global solidarity, while avoiding even the faintest hint of criticism.
The PRC’s abuses go far beyond its disregard for civil and political rights. Beijing has become a global pioneer in leveraging technology to suppress dissent, surveil its citizens, and export authoritarian practices. Through tools like facial recognition systems, social credit schemes, and censorship platforms, the PRC uses technological development to tighten its grip domestically while spreading its influence internationally. Even platforms like TikTok, promoted by the PRC internationally, are tightly censored domestically and serve as instruments of surveillance and control. These tools show the stark contrast between the PRC’s claims of advancing human rights
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The UN does not seem self aware.
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