Human rights remain under attack in China on an unprecedented scale, defying America's hopes that economic openness will result in greater liberty.
Forty years ago, when the U.S. was debating whether to open diplomatic relations with China, human rights was front and center of the discussion. The argument from those who won the day was that economic engagement with China would lead to political freedom for its citizens.
Three decades on from the nationwide crackdown that resulted in casualties and thousands of arrests, the families who lost children continue to face surveillance and harassment as the authorities continue to suppress their campaign for justice. Even the mere mention or commemoration on the internet of the Tiananmen crackdown risks heavy retaliation. Meanwhile, activists continue to be detained and denied their fundamental human rights because of vague charges of subversion of the state.
And yet, although President Trump's rhetoric toward Xi Jinping personally is mercurial at best, the Trump Administration refuses to take any meaningful action in holding the Chinese government accountable for gross human rights violations. The Chinese government justifies its actions as necessary to eradicate the"forces of terrorism, separatism and extremism." In practice it is targeting ethnic groups for merely pursuing their rights. Shockingly, not only has the United States failed to hold China to account for the mistreatment of Uighurs, it has played an active role in their subjugation. In 2004, the U.S.
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