The Democracy And Human Rights

Imagine. Imagine having the continuous feeling of needing to act a certain way because that is what the government wants. Imagine having to worship in an underground church because of belonging to the "wrong" religion. Imagine being blind and not being able to learn because the government cannot accept a disability. Lastly, imagine being killed because of simply disagreeing. This is everyday life in China for many people because of what the Communist Chinese government has caused for decades. Human Rights Abuse in China has caused millions of deaths and permanent injuries. In 1979, the One Child Policy was created and ever since then the abuse has escalated into being a normal part of lives. On June 4 1989, the government took the abuse to a whole other level. This fateful day was called the Tiananmen Square crackdown. This was the day of millions of deaths. China's government truly takes human rights violations to an extreme and has caused fear among their people. The government has previously claimed

(Lihua) Again, the unwillingness of the Chinese to retaliate against established authority becomes increasingly evident, and can also be traced back to Confucianism. It is important to the Chinese that they maintain the order that has been put into place, simply because it acts as the basis on which harmony can grow. The Chinese do not generally think of the government as a system that they can change if they actively participate in it; but rather, if they do actively participate, it is usually for the good of their country and for the preservation of the political system that has already been put in order. This idea stands as a stark contrast to the democratic attitude of the American, whose involvement in the political system is usually used only as a means through which to lessen the grip of the government on the people, or to ensure that what grip the government does have is benefiting the people the best that it can.

Is it possible to keep dreams of freedom alive in old Communist China? Or has the government instilled false messages and feared to squash any of these thoughts via entering citizens' minds - crushing all hope for speaking with their own voices and living on their own terms?

As an effect from the civil war, the Chinese has changed in many ways, and when inspecting these changes, one can see that a lot of these changes have helped turn China into a dystopian society. As a result from the civil war in China between Communists and Nationalists, and the Communist victory, China has remained a single-party with Communists in control. The Chinese government also supplies their citizens with very little personal rights and freedoms, castigating many who oppose them. Also, China’s government works in way that in China, one’s personal relationships would matter much more than one’s position in the politburo, the main group of decision makers. To add on, there are multiple parts to this government that do do different things,

They do not want people to rise up and attempt to overpower the Republic. The things that they did was inhumane to all societies.The Republic constantly tortured the Falun Gong with public display of humiliation. Water dungeons, Electric batting, hangings, and also burning of the skin with cigarettes or irons. Falun Gong has been tortured for too long and doesn’t deserve this. The China Republic wants power, and that is how they are getting it. By searching for someone or something to destroy, so they can make people afraid of them. The tortures resulted in the deaths of many individuals.

China has been a communist country since the communist revolution took place in 1949, since then China has been ruled by the dictator Mao Tse-Tung. However the Chinese dictator died in September 1976, he was hailed abroad as one of the worlds’ great leaders. Certainly one of the more impressive aspects of the Chinese communist government, has been the willingness of the people to protest against it (3, pg. 4).

Can democracy work in China? Zakaria feels it cannot be ignored the progress the Chinese economy has had under its state as a free economy. But the problem continues to be the political progress of this country. China still only has a small middle class, which is detrimental towards a functioning liberal democracy. During the 1980s, there were pushes for political reform from members of the

This ability to maintain strong economic growth was able to counter the political outfall and depletion of legitimacy to the government (Pei, 1994). Today, China is one of the few countries that has been able to survive the recent democratization and is now a mix of Soviet era totalitarianism and state driven capitalism (Kopstein, Lichbach, and Hanson, 2014). While it is still a communist nation, in the rural countryside there are competitive elections that some believe could spread, and once the economic development eventually slows and structural changes at that time could spurn political participation and increase the demand for democracy. It is still easy to see the regime in China, although the economy continues to grow, little regulations make for hard and dangerous working conditions for many, including children, and those who don’t end up in labor the labor sector go through a restrictive school system where only the best and brightest advance adding to the inequality (Han, Xu, personal interview, 2016).

China is an Authoritarian state. This means civil rights and civil liberties can be non-existent and if they are in place they are not protected. Thus meaning freedom of speech and other linkage

It is known that many countries that joined come from several different religious and cultural backgrounds and very much have different values in comparison to each other. China, an Asian country, has limited freedoms such as speech simply because their government doesn’t agree with that of the UN. They have their very own definition as to what human rights should be about. Individual rights in china isn’t viewed as they would be in the United States, they are seen as if community comes first and make it a point to be followed. If someone were to infringe on those values of community before individual rights they would not take it lightly what so ever. They tend to live a simple and quite life and because of that they believe the western world is a threat to their society and government. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights makes individual rights a major need causing it to fail almost instantly in Asian countries because of that

China is known(recognized) (known for having) as one of the oldest civilizations in the world. One of the oldest known civilizations in China is the Xia Dynasty which began in 2070 B.C.E. Overtime civilizations adapt with the surrounding world, but China has always been a very independent nation. One of the most controversial topics that is discussed worldwide being Human Rights, China has been known(notorious for) to disregarding them, even though there are International Human Rights Laws. The Chinese government has developed a system of internal laws regarding human rights, but don’t enforce them on their own citizens. As a result of this, the people of China don’t mind. It is an important part of Chinese culture to be very Patriotic and do what is better for the country and not better for one self. In many other cultures, only a small percentage of the citizens actually want to be patriotic and do what is better for the country, for example, fight in a war. China is a developing country lacking much Human Rights Influence.

Falun Gong, also known as Falun Dafa, is a spiritual movement. Similar to the practice of qigong, which practices posture, breathing techniques, and focus, Falun gong was created by Li Hongzhi. In the beginning, Li Hongzhi spread fraud to followers, saying that Falun gong is a “higher level of cultivation” compared to qigong. Although even with slight suspicion in the intentions of the movement, the number of followers in China continued to grow, and even expanded internationally. After a boom in the amount of practitioners, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) started to grow weary as the numbers surpassed the members of the Communist Party. After a series of events, the CCP declared the Falun Dafa movement a “heretical cult”. The Party

Throughout history we have seen staggered periods of rising global democracy. Specifically The third wave is seen as a time of soviet communist satellites and curtain countries turning democratic. We see great success in democratization in the more western European former soviet states. Often times these transitions were remarkably peaceful as in the many colored revolutions. One case that stands out as an example of a failure to democratize is within China. With many communist states questioning their governance it was natural for Chinese citizens to express these same idea concerns. What we see though instead of the European style peaceful transition is a small scale political movement

The current Chinese government fits into the category of Authoritarian Regimes because Chinese government just use the coercion to limit political pluralism in order to maintain their power, but allows some social pluralism and does not use ideology or coercive mobilization to shape citizen’s interests, or support for the regime. However, China had been in a category of totalitarian regimes once after the World War 2 ended. After the world war 2, under the Mao’s control, China’s sovereignty imposed strict controls over everyday life and cost the lives of tens of millions of people, which is the totalitarian regime. When China was under Mao’s control, citizen’s interest and identities were shaped by the ideology created by the government, and the ideology motivated Chinese citizen to act politically in particular way. The ideology that China promoted under Mao’s control was the communist ideology, which they believe that efforts should be made to redistribute economic wealth as much as possible and that a single political party should direct the government and control the state. After 1978, Mao’s successor Deng and other leaders focused on market-oriented economic development and by 2000, output had quadrupled. Therefore, after 1978, China changed the system of government to allow more freedom for citizens instead of the total control over citizens by the coercive mobilization.For much of the population, living standards have improved dramatically and the room for personal

Within the communist regime, fear is the core of its system. Fear for protest, fear of losing the Mandate of Heaven, and fear of other religions such as Falun Gong. This can be one of the greatest fears of the CCP because the government thinks that these practitioners are planning a rebellion. The government, since 1999, has been cracking down on those who practice Falun Gong. The result from the Yellow Turbans to the White Lotus to the Boxers seems to serve notable examples of China’s fear. The record of history has shown that most Chinese individuals are in favor of political stability. The reason for protest most of the time comes from the state and Government repression. The suppression of the Falun Gong campaign has revealed weak spots