A Bill to Promote Human Rights in China
July 25th, 2008
A Bill to Promote Human Rights in China
Whereas the issue of capital punishment is extant in the Republic of China
Whereas the problem of the one-child policy brings about a lot of heated discussions and triggers many ethnic arguments.
Whereas the legal system and the laws of which it consists are not imposed strictly and orderly enough.
Whereas civil liberties are, to a certain extent, being perpetually challenged and threatened by the Chinese government.
Whereas the government control over religion is still restricting freedom of Chinese citizens.
Be it resolved that the Loudenian parliament should shed further light on the problems that the Chinese government faces and to abet the People’s Republic of China in their steadfast attempts to alter and sustain a fair social and political system. We as the people of Loudenia should expand our trade relationship with China which indubitably will be to the benefit of the Chinese government. Loudenia should offer the People’s Republic of China Most Favored Nation status and the reduction of trade barriers in exchange for steady progress on the human rights issues previously mentioned. Loudenia should engage in frequent dialogue with the Chinese government in order to promote mutual understanding over the complications involved in these issues.
July 28th, 2008 at 1:11 pm
First, my congratulations to Ms. Datii on her recent election. I wish her well as she brings “change we can believe in” to Loudenia. I am pleased to see your parliament taking its rightful place in the discussion of global issues.
Regarding the bill concerning trade with China, I would say that while I respect the good intentions behind it, I do not believe that it would prove productive. China has strongly resented attempts by other countries to influence its internal affairs. The U.S. has had little impact, and I would predict the same for Loudenia. I do believe that increased international trade has a long-term beneficial impact on China’s society, and so I would propose that China be given favorable trade status without tying it to the contingencies mentioned in the bill.
There is no doubt that the Chinese government exercises a range of powers over its citizens with which those of us in the western democratic societies would be uncomfortable, but my impression is that China has “turned the corner” and is unlikely to return to the large scale brutality that characterized its past. My experience in teaching young people in China last year and my conversations with them led me to believe that they look to the West for inspiration—freshmen college students were able to quote Thomas Jefferson and Martin Luther King, for instance. Those of my own generation very much do not want to revert to terrible times, such as the period of the “Cultural Revolution.” The lives of China’s citizens have been enormously improved in a very short time in recent decades, and we should encourage these trends.
As we know, different nations have different views on the exact nature of human rights. Moreover, these views evolve over time. For instance, the United States has been at the forefront in fostering the idea of human rights for all people everywhere (and here I would note the Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted by the United Nations, made possible by enlightened American leadership and advocacy by figures such as Eleanor Roosevelt). And yet it was only in the last century that voting rights were accorded to women and Blacks in America. Americans should remember this as we call attention to China’s shortcomings. And, of course, the U.S. allows capital punishment. But let me invite you to engage in this imaginative exercise: imagine a circumstance in which another country made trade with the US contingent on the banning of capital punishment. Would we not expect that to backfire?
Loudenia has also been in the vanguard in advocating human rights in recent years. But we must be honest to acknowledge its own checkered history in this respect, including the brutal repression of Disco in the early 1980s and the embarrassing incident under a previous regime in which a golden retriever dog was given jurisdiction over broad areas of social policy.
As we support human rights, we must also understand that our conception of these right evolves over time. It is important for us to continue the public discussion of the concept of human rights, and to help ingrain it deeply in the political rhetoric of our times. The power of words and phrases to shape consciousness should never be underestimated.
In respect to the specific language of the bill, I believe that the sentence concerning the one child policy is insufficiently clear in its meaning.
My best wishes to the Parliament and to the brilliant staff of advisors who assist it.
Professor John Lyne
University of Pittsburgh (writing from Switzerland)
April 5th, 2010 at 4:27 pm
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