So because he wants to stop forced abortions and forced sterlizations he is a loud-mouthed demanding sorehead? What would you do in his situation?
He is a person caught up in what can be described as China’s “federalism” problem. China’s central government, its laws and policies are actually pretty popular among the citizens, but these laws and policies are ignored by the regional and local authorities, and this is where the problems lie.
Of the tens of thousands of protests that happen in China every year now, almost all of them, oddly enough, are against the regional and local authorities for *not* obeying the national law. Yet the response by the central government is not against the regional or local authorities to force conformity, but against those that protest.
Chen Guangcheng is being persecuted by local and regional authorities for demanding that they obey Chinese law. As such, this presents a problem for other nations, that can only act with national governments, not regional or local ones.
What he is demanding, an end to forced sterilizations and abortions, is actually already in Chinese law.
Comparatively in the US, Orly Taitz is demanding that Obama present proof of the citizenship requirements for the office of the presidency. It says he is supposed to in the constitution, but the federal government is not enforcing that requirement. And state governments, as well, are telling Taitz to go bugger off.
So in that case, would it be okay for the government of China to demand that the US government force the states to do what Taitz wants?