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China's human rights policies have been under scrutiny from various countries and organizations for some time, and especially once it was announced that the 2008 Olympics would be held in Beijing. Numerous incidents and reports of alleged human rights violations in China continue to be reported.CNN.com: Human Rights Questions Remain for China (2007)
- President: Hu Jintao
- Government: Chinese Communist Party
- One Child Law in effect in China
- In some rural areas, having two children is permitted
- 68 crimes are punishable by deathAmnesty International Australia: The death penalty in China small
- 1989: 200 to 300 killed in Tiananmen Square
- Government censors the Internet, video games and other media
- Officially atheist government restricts Buddhism, Xiantianism and Falun Gong
- Many assess that rights have improved over the last 25 yearsChristian Science Monitor: Amid Protests, a Look at China's Record (April 10, 2008)
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China Human Rights on Amazon
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Dreams From China (Home Use) - $19.99
A foreigner's personal confrontation with the historic political and economic changes taking place in China. A diary-like account of alienation and acclimation, a highly lyrical film essay lending perspective to the 1989 tragedy of Tiananm...
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China's Great Leap: The Beijing Games and Olympian Human Rights Challenges - $16.00
An essential book for understanding China on the cusp of the Olympics, China's Great Leap draws on the expertise of many of the world's leading China experts. These writers examine the People's Republic of China today as its governme...
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China's Great Leap: The Beijing Games and Olympian Human Rights Challenges - $18.95
An essential book for understanding China on the cusp of the Olympics, China's Great Leap draws on the expertise of many of the world's leading China experts. These writers examine the People's Republic of China today as its governme...
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Central Figures
- Hu Jintao
- Wikipedia: Hu Jintao
- Human Rights Watch: Hu Jintao Visit: No Progress on Human Rights in China (2002)
- MSNBC: Bush Presses China About Trade, Human Rights (2005)
- Falun Gong
- Wikipedia: Falun Gong | Falun GongThe Ban
- Official Site: Falun Gong Human Rights Working Group
- Xinhua News Agency: Condemn Falun Gong Cult
- Chinese Communist Party
- Wikipedia: Communist Party of China
- Official Site: News on Chinese Communist Party
- The Epoch Times: One Year Ahead of Olympics, Gross Rights Violations Persist in China (2007)
- The Epoch Times: Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party
- Hu Jintao
