| From the very outset, I would like to point out that | | | | widespread. The Chinese government continues to |
| the term China here does not include Hong Kong and | | | | suppress dissenting opinions and maintains political |
| Macau. | | | | control over the legal system, resulting in an arbitrary |
| Resulting from 1978 economic reform from a | | | | and sometimes abusive judicial regime. The lack of |
| Soviet-style centrally planed economy to a more | | | | accountability of the government and the Chinese |
| market-oriented economy, China's economy is always | | | | Communist Party (CCP) means that abuses by |
| on the upward spiral. Early 1990s is China's economic | | | | officials often go unchecked. This fact sheet identifies |
| heyday, resulted from foreign direct investment, | | | | the most common types of abuses, including |
| trade integrations and other like privatizations. | | | | arbitrary detention, torture and ill-treatment of |
| Today, almost everyday, we hear about China's | | | | prisoners, severe restrictions on freedom of |
| increasing economy, surprisingly for the last two | | | | expression and association and violations specific to |
| decades China is the fastest growing economy in the | | | | women. |
| world.The economy of the People's Republic of China | | | | Until today, freedom of expression and opinion, press |
| is the fourth largest in the world when measured by | | | | freedom, freedom of religions, rights of the minority |
| nominal GDP. Its economic output for 2006 was | | | | groups and other democracy-oriented freedoms are |
| $2.68 trillion USD. Its per capita GDP in 2006 was | | | | still systematically and ubiquitously restricted. Despite |
| approximately US $2,000 and rising rapidly everyday. | | | | this modern time and its praiseworthy economic |
| And it's global trade exceeded $1.758 trillion at the | | | | growth, Chinese government still embraces its |
| end of 2006. | | | | barbarian natures: capital punishment, organ |
| Resulting the above very practical economic facts, | | | | harvesting and extrajudicial execution, racial/political |
| we can presume that China's economy is becoming | | | | discrimination, and other systematic human rights and |
| more and more civilized. However, its "human rights" | | | | civil rights abuses. |
| issues are still very uncivilized; I dare to say China's | | | | It now comes to the time that China needs to |
| human rights/civil rights always never grow at all. | | | | balance its economic growth to its human rights and |
| According to different credible sources, China's human | | | | civil rights issues. No matter how strong will its |
| rights and civil rights abuses are still ubiquitous and | | | | economy be, Chinese government is still barbarian, as |
| systematic.Human rights violations in the People's | | | | long as its people's human rights and civil rights are |
| Republic of China (PRC) remain systematic and | | | | still systematically and ubiquitously violated. |