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According to various sources, the human rights situations has not progressed in China over the past few years, and in fact has grown worse in some areas (Young 2009). The Chinese deny this completely, and say that there are no human rights violations. They also add that the President has no right to interfere with Chinese affairs, and the Chinese Foreign Minister suggested that the United States address its own issues of alleged human rights violations before its leaders start accusing other countries of abuses (Young 2009).
Though the Chinese responses to these rather similar attacks on sovereignty were remarkably different in substance, they actually provide evidence of the same basic attitude on the part of the Chinese. After Obama's address, which might have carried a little more weight with the international community as it was not tainted by Guantanamo, Abu Grahib, or other human rights scandals of the Bush era, the Chinese responded that it was basically none of his business. When Bush made similar remarks, the Chinese government didn't even feel a need to respond. They were simply above the issue, and didn't see a need to answer Bush's accusations when he had no grounds for making them in the first place. The American Presidents also quite conspicuously acknowledge any of the possible human rights violations that have occurred within our country (or because of our country/military),...
Though you would almost certainly never hear a politician admitting such a thing in public, public actions and words -- and their lack -- suggest as much.
There are, of course, human rights watch groups, and international courts set up for the very purpose of trying leaders of countries and governments that have practiced human rights abuses. But these courts are generally not convened against rulers whole hold power, so the question of sovereignty no longer really applies. As much as human rights violations might be decried in many countries and by various international organizations, the fact is the international political community has decided that maintaining sovereignty is more expedient than ending abuses.
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Abramowitz, M. (2008). "U.S. In 'firm opposition' to Chinese human rights policies, Bush says." The Washington post, Thursday 7 August. Accessed online 30 September 2009. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/06/AR2008080601055.html
Young, E. (2009). "Obama brings up human rights as U.S., China leaders meet." The Christian post, Monday 27 July. Accessed online 30 September 2009. http://www.christianpost.com/article/20090727/obama-notes-human-rights-in/index.html
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