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China Says U.S. Unfit to Criticise Human Rights
The Guardian (U.K.) ^
| March 13, 2008
| By Chris Buckley
Posted on 03/12/2008 7:57:05 PM PDT by JACKRUSSELL
(BEIJING) - China said the United States is unfit to present itself as a "defender of human rights", denouncing the latest U.S. assessment of Beijing's controls on political and religious life as unfounded distortion.
The U.S. State Department's latest report on human rights across the globe, issued this week, did not include China among the world's worst offenders but said Beijing's record remained "poor".
But with Beijing due to host the Summer Olympic Games starting Aug. 8, drawing increased international attention to China's strict, sometimes harsh controls on citizens, a Chinese official spokesman on Thursday hit back with sarcasm.
"We humbly suggest that the U.S. desist from posing as a 'defender of human rights' and pay more attention to the United States' own human rights record," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said in a statement issued by the official Xinhua news agency.
"Stop exercising double standards in human rights issues and wrongly meddling in the internal affairs of other countries."......
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: china; communism; communists; humanrights; olympics
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To: JACKRUSSELL
Time to withdraw from the Summer Games.
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posted on
03/12/2008 7:59:10 PM PDT
by
hsalaw
To: JACKRUSSELL
Typical Marxist dialectic.
Control the rhetoric.
We’ll be jumping over ourselves to prove we are worthy.
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posted on
03/12/2008 7:59:34 PM PDT
by
XR7
To: JACKRUSSELL
Dear China,
STFU, you murdering lying commie b@stards. Our worst errors pale in comparison with your daily acts of evil.
Sincerely,
The USA.
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posted on
03/12/2008 8:01:05 PM PDT
by
Seruzawa
(A skeleton walks into a bar and asks for a beer and a mop.)
To: JACKRUSSELL
They’re getting too uppity.
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posted on
03/12/2008 8:08:36 PM PDT
by
Jedi Master Pikachu
( What is your take on Acts 15:20 (abstaining from blood) about eating meat? Could you freepmail?)
To: JACKRUSSELL
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posted on
03/12/2008 8:09:07 PM PDT
by
CarrotAndStick
(The articles posted by me needn't necessarily reflect my opinion.)
To: Seruzawa
STFU, you murdering lying commie b@stards. Our worst errors pale in comparison with your daily acts of evil.Our worst error is trading with these SOB's in the first place.
Regards
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posted on
03/12/2008 8:10:18 PM PDT
by
ARE SOLE
(Agents Ramos and Campean are in prison at this very moment.. (A "Concerned Citizen".)
To: JACKRUSSELL
If China is talking about the U. S. abortion rate, then yes they would be correct that we need to reflect on our own record of human rights abuse.
To: JACKRUSSELL
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posted on
03/12/2008 8:15:14 PM PDT
by
CarrotAndStick
(The articles posted by me needn't necessarily reflect my opinion.)
To: JACKRUSSELL
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posted on
03/12/2008 8:22:29 PM PDT
by
nuf said
(I am, therefore I think.)
To: nuf said
I know China has a terrible record in regards to human rights but we also must look at the violations we have committed in Iraq and Afghanistan and else where around the world.
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posted on
03/12/2008 8:25:14 PM PDT
by
m3d1um
To: JACKRUSSELL
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posted on
03/12/2008 8:26:01 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(11+7+15=3 Heismans)
To: m3d1um
This ones for you,
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posted on
03/12/2008 8:30:11 PM PDT
by
redstateconfidential
(If you are the smartest person in the room,you are hanging out with the wrong people.)
To: JACKRUSSELL
I humbly suggest the Chinese try to figure out how to make dumplings without pesticide.
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posted on
03/12/2008 8:30:43 PM PDT
by
RichInOC
(...William Frank Buckley, Jr., November 24, 1925-February 27, 2008, R.I.P.)
To: m3d1um
I’m out of KoolAid, can you lend me some of yours?
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posted on
03/12/2008 8:32:54 PM PDT
by
bpjam
(New Motto: Drill For Oil or Lose Your Job!! Nov 2008)
To: m3d1um
Oh yes how terrible we are to free those people from the likes of the Taliban and Saddam.
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posted on
03/12/2008 8:33:04 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(11+7+15=3 Heismans)
To: JACKRUSSELL
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posted on
03/12/2008 8:36:45 PM PDT
by
robomatik
((wine plug: renascentvineyards.com cabernet sauvignon, riesling, and merlot))
To: JACKRUSSELL
Well it looks like the genius Dr Rice certainly turned around US china relations by her sucking up. Our best buds. For sure.
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posted on
03/12/2008 8:37:42 PM PDT
by
isrul
(Help make koranimals an endangered species)
To: JACKRUSSELL
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posted on
03/12/2008 8:48:53 PM PDT
by
redstateconfidential
(If you are the smartest person in the room,you are hanging out with the wrong people.)
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