ChinaHumanRights

=**CHINA**=
 * Photo:** This photo demonstrates how Chinese individuals may be dissatisfied with their government at times. However, Chinese ideology is not based on the happiness of the individual, it is based on the maximizing the good of the collective group. However, in most cases, Chinese citizens experience a similar human condition to those of the rest of the world even though their societies are based on different moral doctrines. [|Source]


 * Primary Source 1: Speech of Chinese Premier Wen Jaibao (available [|here])**

This speech details the intentions of Chinese Premier Wen Jaibao and the Chinese Communist Party and their roles in how China's moral doctrine - placing the the collective good ahead of the individual in building ..."a harmonious society".


 * Primary Source 2: An Eyewitness Account of Tiananmen Square (available** [|here])

This details the Tiananmen Square events. This shows how the people of China are willing to tolerate loss of their freedoms only to a certain level, and how after that level of personal lost they will rebel against the government.


 * Artifact 1: Tank Man (Photo) (available** [|here])

This is photo of an unknown Chinese man standing in front of the tanks at Tiananmen Square. When the tanks moved to avoid him, he bravely continued to block them. After that, a crowd of 4-5 people grabbed him and pulled him off of the street. This is the first "recent" time the Chinese government has seen such a large group of protesters take a stance against Chinese policy. Photo by Charlie Cole. Taken from

**Artifact 2: Liu Xiaobo Nobel Peace Prize (available** [|here])

"The Nowegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 2010 to Liu Xiaobo for his long and non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights in China." -Direct quote

This shows that while other countries disprove of the lack of human rights in China, they are unwilling to wage war against the Chinese. This can be attributed to the fact that, while many parts of China are unhappy with the government, they have been given //some// rights; showing minimal improvement in China. In addition to appeasing foreign governments, these laws have also made a large portion of the general population of China happier than what they were during the 1980's, which keeps Chinese citizens from rioting and protesting in mass at events like Tiananmen Square.


 * Artifact 3: Chinese Newspaper Report of Human Rights (available** [|here])

After President Obama so famously stated that "China has no rights", a Chinese newspaper wrote an article describing the rights that Chinese have. Many of the rights that this state controlled newspaper feels that Chinese believe in communist ideals, naming China as a collective, of which an individual is not guaranteed rights but the realization of the collective's ideals is the endgame. In this response, the writer also identifies "obligations" that a citizen has to China (often equating to a non-dissenting viewpoint in China) in exchange for a guarantee for food, shelter, and a very limited interpretation of human rights. Because of this difference between what this article recognizes Chinese human rights as and Western human rights, the writer considers a universal human rights an interference of Westerners to attempt to convert China to a form of government considered unsuitable in their culture.

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