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