Human right is certain right that everyone should have merely because of being a person. Because of its abstract concept and the lack of universal standard, this global issue always causes intense debate. The first human right movement launched in the 18th century, and quickly became political rhetoric worldwide. On 21st century, human right movement rapidly growth as political tool, and to a certain degree, China is pointed by this ‘political weapon’. I do not want to make any comments on it, only to introduce to my Chinese friend what China is in the eye of western people.
There are many issues used by western country to indicate the lack of human right in China, some I agree but the others I cannot find a clue. Here is one of the issues.
Freedom of Speech
The 1982 constitution of China guarantees freedom of speech, however, there is a doubt that whether Chinese government put this law into practice. Some said that the Chinese government put those who criticize the government in prison for the reason of the protection of state secret. The Propaganda Department of the Communist Party of China is also condemned for having too much authority because it censor the news, books and films too heavily. Another condemnation is that Chinese government is said failed to live up to their promise to issue permits allowing people to protest by withdraw or suspend the application of protesting.
I think china might have a certain degree of human right problem but I do not think other countries have the qualification to criticize China. Anyway hope for peace on earth.
hah , so when will the government pass the law about the right of speech freedom ?? or has it been passed ??actually , when should we use the right , i do not exactly know it ?? what about you ??
ReplyDeleteNot only human right in China are not well protected, but also Chinese knowledge and awareness of human right is not enough. So both our country and citizens need improvement on human rights protecting. But it could be understood, because China is a new born country after all, not founded so early as America!
ReplyDeleteI believe your last line that China has some problems about human rights, but China's government must have some reasons for their limit of human rights.
ReplyDeleteChina has a big population. If people are given full human rights, you can imagine what will happen. Other countries do not have the right to critisize China, because they are not doing well themselves.
ReplyDeleteWe love CCP because the GDP of China is increasing rapidly and we all benefit a lot from this dramatic increase which seems endless. But nobody knows how long will the boom last. It's time to think about the China without sharp economical increase. I hope that China is well prepared when the difficult time comes.
ReplyDeleteIn my opinion, sometimes our government limited our ceitain rights in order to let our whole country running well, I think it is acceptable.
ReplyDeleteThere is indeed a universal standard of human rights enshrined in the UN Declaration of Human Rights. It is not possible to subscribe to all the articles in the declaration; of course it will be good if every country does. It will remain an ideal.China has 5000 years of continuous history which makes it one of the oldest country in the world. And being the second richest country in GDP terms, it should lead the world in advancing the rights and dignity of all humans.
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