China hits back with report on U.S. human rights record

[IScreamSundays]

Source: xinhuanet

BEIJING, April 10 (Xinhua) -- China retorted the U.S. criticism on its human rights situation by publishing a report of the U.S. human rights record on Sunday.

The Human Rights Record of the United States in 2010 was released by the Information Office of China's State Council, or cabinet, in response to the Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2010 issued by the U.S. Department of State on April 8.

The U.S. reports are "full of distortions and accusations of the human rights situation in more than 190 countries and regions including China. However, the United States turned a blind eye to its own terrible human rights situation and seldom mentioned it," China's report said.

The United States has taken human rights as "a political instrument to defame other nations' image and seek its own strategic interests," the report said.

Read more: http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2011-04/10/c_13822179.htm

[Warren Stupidity]

1. amen

or perhaps 'it takes one to know one'.

[gtar100]

2. touché

[quakerboy]

3. Interesting read

Nothing in there that (I assume) we don't already know. But still an interesting read. I will be curious if it receives any real response.

[WHEN CRABS ROAR]

13. I agree.

[BulletproofLandshark]

4. China seems to be just as blind to its flaws as we are to ours. n/t

[caseymoz]

29. But there was a time China couldn't do this without downright lying. nt

[dipsydoodle]

5. Yes - if you live a glasshouse don't throw stones.

as Prince Buster would say : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhtSm0Dc1pM

[ixion]

6. Turnabout is fair play, as the saying goes

It was stupid of the US to try and criticize any nation after the past decade.

[plumbob]

11. Certainly was. If we had any sense of decency at all, we'd actually work

on our shit. But no, Libya calls....

[ixion]

7. dupe delete

[valerief]

8. China says, "I know you are but what am I?" nt

[HankyDubs]

9. Well if we have such an objection to China's human rights record

we should probably stop selling them our T-bills and building factories over there.

[BOG PERSON]

12. i didn't know the US government was building factories in china

how helpful of us!

[Politicalboi]

10. What took so long?

China and the rest should have been screaming during the Bush years. Oh that's right we were "attacked" so be nice everyone, and don't mention what we do to others as we accuse you of inhumane treatment. LOL! Got it. Aren't we something. Our shit don't stink. USA! USA! USA!

[melm00se]

14. how many folks are ready

to pack it up and move to China?

[cherokeeprogressive]

16. More than a few, it seems. n/t

[Amonester]

23. Many VP-Executives and misc. (slave-) jobs creators, on a daily basis.

Their bonuses depend on it.

[truth2power]

32. This is about OUR human rights record. It doesn't matter for the purposes

of this discussion is China does or doesn't have the worst human rights record in the world.

We have no right to poke at others when our human rights record STINKS. Bradley Manning comes to mind. x(

[DesertDiamond]

15. Thank you, China!!!

[totodeinhere]

17. At least we don't have Internet censorship like China has.

I have to make screen captures of news articles and then email them to my friend in China since websites carrying those articles are blocked in China. By the way, he can't get DU either.

[caseymoz]

30. But with the end to net neutrality, things might change. nt

[caraher]

18. meh

Yes, we knew already the US human rights record isn't what our propaganda says. But the parts of the Chinese report I read are sloppy in a lot of ways; it's just hitting back rather than a thoughtful analysis.

[Voice for Peace]

20. agree, but it's a good start

I didn't see mention of the percentage of US citizens currently in prison. "The USA has the highest total documented prison and jail population in the world." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incarceration_in_the_United_States

[caraher]

36. see, most of us could tick off a thing or two they missed

The same thing went on during the Cold War - the USSR pointing to things like racial discrimination in the US as part of the superpower PR competition.

I'm slightly worried that the way this plays out is that, if you ever bring up something the Chinese mention in their report, it gets instantly dismissed because "that's what the Chinese said" (even if it is fact-based).

Though I suppose any discussion at all of these things could be deemed a form of progress...

[Voice for Peace]

44. My thought was maybe others who saw this report might expand on it & do a better job --

a lot has come out about US human rights since the cold war.

[Voice for Peace]

47. like this for example.. more of this

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x572445

[harun]

19. Bout time.

[idrahaje]

21. more like China US. whats the difference??

don't know much anymore. St Paul 2008, Madison WI 2011.. ?? o_O

Ohio, Idaho. etc...

[Mosaic]

22. Both countries I wouldn't want to live in

At least China doesn't seek an empire of bases, like the sneaky and very corrupt USA.

[Amonester]

24. China sure does seek an empire of bases.

They're just waiting for the perfect time to do it (i.e. when the U.S. Empire's "homeland" will collapse upon itself).

[eilen]

27. They are probably building multiple modular bases

ready to ship. None of this "private contractor" shit for the Chinese.

[4saken]

25. Two wrongs make a right fallacy?

It's like they are unable to agree with the premise that these human rights violations must be addressed? Instead they are putting forth an analogy to argue for their position's acceptability, rather than defending their position on its own merits? If those Human Rights Reports are skewed they should be corrected, however they haven't come close to making a case for a lack of any such reports. Reports on human rights violations in the US should be published on their own, not "in response to".

http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2009/eap/135989.htm">This '09 report touches on a lot of spots that the Chinese Government might not be comfortable with. And there certainly should be similar reports documenting all such activities in the US as well. Recognition is a key part of the self correcting process.

[lib2DaBone]

26. The U.S is torturing Bradly Manning...and prisoners at Guantanamo..

So this gives us the right to preach to the Chinese.. how?

[tpsbmam]

28. Agree 1,000,000%!

Woohoo! I'm loving reading this article -- finally, another country calling the U.S. on it's hypocrisy and human/civil rights failures! I hope other countries will have the balls to agree. I can predict those that'll remain silent, but there may be a few more with the guts to justifiably call bullshit when it comes to the sanctimonious judgments of the hypocrite PTB.

K&R

[Keith Bee]

31. Ironic K&R

[benld74]

33. Pot and The Kettle?

[marasinghe]

48. yep. tweedledum & tweedledee. (n/t)

[Taft_Bathtub]

34. "And you are lynching Negroes"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/And_you_are_lynching_Negroes

[Unvanguard]

38. For all its cynicism, that response improved things in the US.

So I'm glad China is doing this.

[tavalon]

35. Oops, maybe we need to get out of this glass house we're in

[DeSwiss]

37. K&R n/t

[The Backlash Cometh]

39. Glass houses and all that.

How many of you are old enough to remember when we could stand up and defend the U.S. on this issue of human rights?

[90-percent]

43. A breif window

I think the only time in recent history when we could call countries on human rights abuses and not be hypocritical was may the last two years of the Carter Administration?

-90% jimmy

[Harmony Blue]

40. I knew this day would come

but never thought it would be real. o.O

[RedCloud]

41. They're right. Our bourgeoisie pigs make us buy made in China crap or die!

[Weird Liberal Head]

42. Very interesting.

Very true. Very disturbing. Not only because it reveals our own very real flaws and hypocrisy as a nation, but because this shows that China is flexing its muscles, growing stronger, able to challenge the United States like this.

[Gman]

45. Hard to argue with

[progressoid]

46. I'm sure that will make us change our policy.

not.