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Human rights violations in US and China

mardi 16 décembre 2014 à 13:00

China told the US, regarding human rights, "Who are you to criticize China?"

Here's China's report on US human rights violations.

The first section concerns private crimes of violence. While the lack of proper gun control in the US is a serious problem, it does not fit the category of human rights violations by the state, so it doesn't belong in this report.

Here's the US report on China's human rights violations.

A fraction of the list concerns the law limiting number of children. I support such laws, so I don't regard those items as valid criticisms. However, the rest of the list includes many grave crimes.

Overall, China is a lot worse than the US, but "we're better than China" is hardly an adequate standard for any country to apply to itself. The US ought to strive to be #1 in respect for human rights.