China and the US on Human Rights

In Russia in 1993 the U.S. government supported Yeltsin's attack with tanks on the Russian parliament, while they condemn as "anti-democratic" Putin, whom not only elections but every opinion poll shows to have the most popular support of any Russian leader in decades -- the difference between the two being that Yeltsin pursued a policy subordinate to the U.S. while Putin pursued a policy independent of it.

These facts establish beyond doubt that the problem for the U.S. government about China is not "human rights" -- if China were an authoritarian regime supporting the U.S. it would not be criticised. The real problem about China for U.S. neo-cons and their followers is that China's national revival makes it strong.

China's contribution to the real well being of humanity is not only greater than the United States but is unmatched by any other country in the world. Instead of complaining, the U.S. House of Representatives would be well advised to pass a resolution congratulating China for its unequalled contribution to human well-being in lifting over 600 million people out of poverty, establishing an enquiry to find out why U.S. supported economic policies in the rest of the world have made no such contribution to human rights, and publicly apologising for the hundreds of thousands of people it has killed in its wars -- including the thousands of ordinary U.S. soldiers who died in them.

Only when it does that will the U.S. House of Representatives begin to understand the real issues involved in human rights for real people of the real world.

Source: www.china.org.cn