China's Rise to Power is Hurting the Push For World Wide Human Rights

The Chinese are in need of resources to keep theirother hand is going for what it needs regardless of
economic expansion going, and although things havethe way any given government behaves itself in the
slowed briefly due to the economic global crisis, inworld or how it treats its own people. Before, many
reality it is only a hick-up in the overall scheme ofof these governments had to behave or the US
things. Soon, they will be back under the gun to gettook them off the trade list, and that economically
those resources they need. China is in a unique placehurt them, but with China on the scenes, this is a
in the world and they have a ton of resources, buthuge game changer.
much of it is hard to get too, and requires massiveThus, China's Rise to Power is Hurting the Push for
new infrastructure.World Wide Human Rights! So, please consider all this.
They are using this low in the market to secureReferences;
resources around the world and buy into international"China's International Behavior; Activism, Opportunism,
trade deals for resources while things are cheap.and Diversification" by Evan S. Medeiros, Report
Where you ask? How about Australia, Russia, Africa,Prepared for the United States Air Force in
Canada, and South and Central America, in fact,conjunction with the Rand Corporation; Santa Monica,
they've made deals all over the planet. Even withCA, 2009; ISBN 978-0-8330-4709-0
questionable regimes that are not such good globalAnd
citizens."China: Has the Last Opportunity Passed by!?" by
There are many places that the US will not doGuang Wu, China, 2009 (76 pages).
business due to human rights issues. China on the