Arrests, torture, imprisonment, forced abortion, repression and oppression of all kinds -- that is China. Add to that China's cynical promotion of the genocidal, radical Islamists in Khartoum committing genocide in Sudan, and its forced repatriation of North Korean escapees to certain death or vile imprisonment, and you have one of the worst human rights situations in the world today.
Every time President Bush visited China, or the President of China visited President Bush, Bush made a point to bring up the persecuted church in China, the dissidents fighting for democracy and freedom, and even meeting with dissidents, church leaders, and worshipping at churches in Beijing or elsewhere. Both Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice spoke publicly while in China about the longing of the human spirit for freedom, and the desire of Americans to see all people enjoy the same freedoms that American (used to) enjoy. Of course, the way things are going now, the Chinese could be on the path to freedom and democracy while we are on the path to a socialist republic.
Now we have a new administration, of the party that is assumed and touted as the party of human rights, and U.S. foreign policy has taken many turns for worse, including the turn on China. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton shocked human rights advocates when she announced to the Chinese Communist-controlled media on her recent trip to Beijing that U.S. advocacy for human rights could not "interfere" with policy on the financial crisis, the GLOBAL WARMING CRISIS, and the security crisis. Gee, reminds me of another Clinton we used to know -- some of us better than others.
Anyway, here is an article about the response of some great defenders of human rights, members of Congress who have done more for human rights than most of the rest of Congress combined, and of courageous Chinese dissidents -- men of valor.
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