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Article: Human rights and business as usual. (US prioritizes business over human rights in relations with China)
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- The Progressive
- Article date:
- August 1, 1998
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President Clinton is good at saying the right thing. He used his platform well in China when he spoke out about human rights. But doing the right thing is another matter.
Why should the Chinese government take Clinton seriously? His Administration has shown it is willing and eager to do business, no matter how Chinese leaders repress religious expression and free speech, round up protesters, jail human-rights workers who have the temerity to document the dead at Tiananmen Square, persecute labor organizers, force women to have abortions against their will, torture Prisoners behind bars, subjugate Tibet--the list goes on and on.
Clinton made it clear, ...