China reports rights progress: but Wei Jingsheng case casts doubt on Beijing's claims
Article Abstract:
China's persistent disregard of human rights in handling high-profile cases casts doubt on Beijing's claims of progress in that field in a Dec 27, 1995 report. There it points out the Administrative Procedural Law passed in 1990 and the new State Compensation Law. However, the case of Wei Jingsheng does not reflect these laws. He was detained for 20 months before being formally arrested, and despite Beijing trumpeting its commitment to freedom of speech and the press, he was charged for saying Tibet is a sovereign state.
Publication Name: Far Eastern Economic Review
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0014-7591
Year: 1996
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China: fear no longer prevalent: depoliticization of life marks improvement in human rights
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The Chinese people now live with a sense of dignity and confidence that they lacked only 15 years ago, a change suggesting human rights have broadly and profoundly improved. Formerly people were afraid of the government and especially the Communist Party, but no more. The most striking sign of change is the boldness with which dissident Wei Jingsheng's family defended him during a recent trial and appeal, contrasted with their silence in similar circumstances in 1979. The party deserves credit for this improvement.
Publication Name: Far Eastern Economic Review
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0014-7591
Year: 1996
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China defends its rights record; Beijing accuses U.S. of trying to 'damage China's prestige.'(Column)
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China's detailed response to the US State Dept's charges of human-rights abuses is valuable but it ignores many of the most serious accusations about broad conditions. The refutation addresses various cases of individual prisoners, but is silent on such points as the lack of freedom in China to speak against political leaders or to peacefully change the government. China is correct in some of its commentary on US problems, but it continues to deny its own citizens the most fundamental rights.
Publication Name: Far Eastern Economic Review
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0014-7591
Year: 1995
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