From: "Debra L. Lundberg" <dllund1-AT-pop.uky.edu>
Subject: RE: "China pays back U.S. in its own coin"
Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2002 07:31:42 -0500


it was at www.comondreams.org yesterday.

Debra L. Lundberg
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nhi,

thanks so much for the info.  do you know where it is posted or
available?

jeff

On Wed, 13 Mar 2002, Margaret Trawick wrote:

> China pays back U.S. in its own coin By Amit Baruah SINGAPORE March 11.
> China has paid the United States back in its own coin. After being at the
> receiving end of U.S. Government reports on "human rights'' for years,
> Beijing today hit back with its own "Human Rights Record of the United
> States in 2001''. Prepared by the State Council of the People's Republic
of
> China, the report is scathing of its criticism of the U.S. on the issues
of
> foreign policy, racism, domestic inequalities and worrying conditions for
> women and children in America. China, which has been "proper'' in its
> remarks towards the U.S. on foreign policy issues, said in the report: "We
> urge the United States to change its ways, give up its hegemonic practice
of
> creating confrontation and interfering in the internal affairs of others
by
> exploiting the human rights issue... and do more useful things for the
> progress and development of human society.''
> ``The United States ranks first in the world in wantonly infringing upon
the
> sovereignty of, and human rights in, other countries,'' the text of the
> report said. Washington, it said, had built military bases all over the
> world, stationing hundreds of thousands of troops in these areas. "Before
> the September 11 incident, the United States had stationed its troops in
> more than 140 countries. Today, the United States has expanded its
so-called
> security interests to almost every corner of the world.'' It referred to
the
> April 1, 2001, incident in which an American spy plane collided with a
> Chinese fighter jet and later landed on Chinese territory.
> "After the incident, the United States made all sorts of excuses to defend
> itself, refusing to make a public apology for the serious consequence of
its
> intruding aircraft and trying to shirk its responsibilities. This aroused
> great indignation and strong protests from the Chinese people.'' Pointing
to
> the American-led NATO forces' use of depleted uranium bombs during the
> Kosovo war, the Chinese report claimed that more than 940,000 depleted
> uranium bombs, weighing a total of 320 tonnes, were dropped on Iraq during
> the Gulf War. Referring to the U.S. flaunting the banner of the freedom of
> the press, the Chinese referred to the annual report of the International
> Journalism Institute which pointed out that the U.S. approach to the media
> during the Afghan war and its attempt at suppressing freedom were the
"most
> amazing'' in 2001.
> ``In the United States, close to 100 companies manufacture and export
> considerable quantities of instruments of torture that are banned in
> international trade... the United States has also conducted irradiation
> experiments with the dead bodies of babies from overseas,'' the report
said.
> Washington, the report continued, had refused to sign the Basel Convention
> (restricting the transfer of waste materials) and had announced its
> withdrawal from the Kyoto Protocol on climate change. The document pointed
> out that the U.S. had even walked out of a U.N. Conference against Racism
> held in Durban in September 2001.
> The behaviour of the U.S. at the conference revealed its "hypocrisy'' as
the
> country professed to be a "world judge'' judge of human rights, it said.
> ``For many years, the U.S. Government has, year after year, published
> reports in human rights conditions in other countries in disregard of the
> opposition of (sic) many countries in the world, cooking up charges,
> twisting facts and censoring all countries except itself,'' the report
> added. And, now, the Chinese have returned the compliment. Since the
report
> is for the year gone by, another edition can be expected next year.
>
>
>
>
>
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