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China and Human Rights. 1) China: Freedom to Vote . Only one party—Communist Other political parties are illegal Top leaders selected by party leaders . China’s president is Hu Jintao. 2 ) China: Freedom of speech and the media.
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1) China: Freedom to Vote • Only one party—Communist • Other political parties are illegal • Top leaders selected by party leaders
2) China: Freedom of speech and the media • Books, movies, speech, television, newspapers, internet sites that are critical of Communism or Chinese government are banned or restricted. • The Great Firewall http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=1867131 • Tiananmen Square: 1989 Student uprising
4) China: Freedom of religion • Communism reject all religions. • Party members must be atheists. • Organized religion (Christianity, Islam, Buddhism) under the control of the government.
Buddhism and Dalai Lama • Buddhists in Tibet want own nation with Dalai Lama as leader. • China fully in control of Tibet since 1959. • Dalai Lama escaped to India with help of CIA 1) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrLHvLM114o (seven years in Tibet Trailer) 2) http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=4475224 Tibet