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China

__ Primary Documents __: [|Chinese Constitution] The Chinese Constitution states that all power belongs to the people, this is obviously not true or there would not be any human rights issues, or events like Tienanmen Square.

[|Real China: a firsthand perspective on human rights in today's China] There have been lots of economic, social, and political changes in China over the past twenty years. China thinks that the stability of the people as a whole is more important than the rights of the individual -- something that is opposite the thinking of countries like the U.S. China recognizes that their human rights need to be improved but are not nearly as concerned about getting it fixed ASAP like the U.S. would be. The world needs to respect the Chinese culture but at the same time are the people as a whole stable when their rights are being abused?

__Artifacts:__ [|China's Forbidden Zones] China has improved in some ways about letting foreign journalists into the country. However there are still some issues and "Forbidden Zones," topics and areas that are off limits. However the Chinese journalists freedom of speech is being restricted even more. Journalists who report on "sensitive" topics face many obstacles.

[|Japan: Press China's President to Protect Human Rights] This is an article that talks about how people think that Japan should discuss the human rights problem with China and encourage them to fix it. Japan also thinks that the people as a whole are very important and they do not have human rights issues as severe as the ones in China.

This is a picture of Tienanmen Square.