Posted on 03/10/2005 3:03:01 PM PST by nickcarraway
The article says..."Endangering state security is a term China’s communist leaders use to detain people who oppose their rule and ideological control, including peaceful dissidents."
I love it when a good capitalist plan comes together.
Adam Smith would be proud to see what passes for capitalism these days...hell you dont even need a democractic republic to do it right!
Freedom is on the march in China...prospertiy is bringing freedom...free markets give birth to a free society...democracy is just around the corner...the tired old men in the communist party are dying...freedom...freedom...uh...ok, maybe not.
I'm sure there's a few quality trades we could make, but likely it would be a draw. The Chinese have a real dilemma regarding social control.
Check this: http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-03/10/content_2676138.htm
"Currently, 68 crimes can merit the death penalty in China and most are non-violent. Experts had called for a "kill fewer, kill carefully" policy towards suspects of non-violent crimes, state media said in August.
In a second report to parliament on Wednesday, China's top prosecutor, Jia Chunwang, said more than 800,000 people were arrested for corruption last year.
Tens of thousands had been convicted in cases of embezzlement or dereliction of duty, avoiding potential economic losses of an estimated 4.56 billion yuan ($551 million), Jia said."
That's the "official" story. There's a lot not being reported. It's not like being in remote China is a place most Western reporters are likely to hang out. I've heard second hand how the Public Security Bureau takes care of trouble makers in Xinjiang. BTW, they are all Muslim there.
Thousands of dissidents are jailed every year for allegedly endangering state security by engaging in pro-democracy activities or publishing essays on the internet that are seen as subversive.
Tibetan monks and Xinjiang Muslims in northwest China who advocate independence are often targeted by Chinese authorities as terrorists, separatists or religious extremists.
Clergymen and laity from underground Christian communities are also arrested for “endangering public order”.
It is foolish to treat with China as if it were a normal country, and grant it normal trade relations status. The Chinese Communist Party is a disgusting totalitarian regime, and the sooner the day that its people are freed from it, the better. Making the CCP stronger by making China wealthy does not hasten that day.
BUMP
Yet China hypocritically publishes papers on the human rights "violations" of the U.S. in response to our criticisms of them.
It does make you wonder when political correctness will cross the line to become this abhorrent Chinese model of injustice.
Maybe so called "hate speech" is the stepping stone between PC and what the ChiComs call "political subversion".......
Food for thought.
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