I know that most Americans may react to this news with a snort saying, “I know you are (a nation of despicable human rights abusers) but what am I?” but honestly, in order for the U.S. to have any gut in addressing the world’s ills, a little reflection is in order. I also have to give China mad props for not getting baited by the idiocy of Shinzo Abe’s recent comments. The Chinese came out as the champs for their decorum.
By JIM YARDLEY
Published: March 9, 2007
China issued a response to the annual State Department report on human rights conditions globally and criticized the United States, saying it had violated the sovereignty of several nations, caused the deaths of civilians in Iraq, and violated the Geneva Conventions in its treatment of foreign prisoners. The Chinese report also listed a litany of domestic woes, from crime to racial tension. The American report said China had tightened restrictions on speech, the press and the Internet and had continued to detain political activists.
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