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China:  **Primary Documents:** [|__http://articles.latimes.com/2011/jan/23/opinion/la-oe-roth-china-human-rights-20110123__] __Explanation__-An insight from Human Rights Executive Director, Kenneth Roth, on the recent state dinner with the Obama administration and Chinese government officials, where it was mentioned by secretary of state, Hilary Clinton, the importance of "universal rights of all people" and the obligation of the Chinese government to respect their citizen's freedoms of speech, press, association and religion, as written in their constitution. He described his encounter with China's ambassador to Washinton, Zhang Yesui, where he pressed further on these human rights issues. The imprisonment of Liu Xiabo, and writer who was prosecuting for expressing his views on reforming China was discussed, and Roth stressed the fact that this was a violation of Liu's freedom of expression, and was only one of many examples in when human rights in China has been violated. [|__http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/press?revision%5fid=192156&item%5fid=192150__] __Explanation__-This is a first-hand account of the beating of He Depu, written by his wife, Jia Jianying. He Depu had been sentenced to eight years in prison after being convicted of "inciting subversion of state power". On the day he was released from prison, He Depu, along with many of his family and friends, were either physically and emotionally abused, or detained by police from seeing He Depu after he was at home. During the process of He Depu's release from prison, he experienced severe beatings from the police because he refused to not be granted his freedoms in which he was entitled to. **Artifacts:** [|__http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2011/01/10/beijings-broken-promises-human-rights-0__] __Explanation__- This explains how an effort in preventing human rights violations was made through China's first National Human Rights Action Plan. This plan was meant to stop police and security forces to extort confessions through torture, as well as to control the death penalty and apply it prudently. However, it didn't have an impact as intended. [|__http://www.chinahumanrights.org/Messages/China/t20110131_703534.htm__] __Explanation__- Although, there are many instances where China has violated many human rights, this article demonstrates an instance in where those people are being punished. Chinese authorities have arrested 248 people for their involvement with food safety cases that could be detrimental to one's health. This included the usage of "gutter oil" in small restaurants, as well as the use of melamine-tainted milk products, which contains a toxic chemical that is often used in the manufacturing of plastics. [|__http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2011/01/11/china-human-rights-action-plan-fails-deliver__] __Explanation__-This article describes China's unwillingness to protect, as well as promote, the human rights for all the people of China. Although a Human Rights Action Plan was set in place two years ago, many of the key goals have not been reached. In fact, China's government seems to have put tighter restrictions on the citizen's rights of expression, association, and and assembly. Between 2009-2010, the Chinese government continued many of its abusive actions towards human rights, such as the practice of sentencing high-profile dissidents, including Liu Xiabo, and an increase in numbers of enforced disappearances, arbitrary detentions, the use of "black jails" or secret unlawful detention facilities. They still continue to have poor cooperation with international bodies concerning these human rights issues, and it doesn't seem as though that is going to change in the near future based on the information given in this article.