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Article: U.S. Human Rights Policy Toward China.
- Article from:
- Foreign Policy in Focus
- Article date:
- March 15, 2001
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Key Points
* For the last several decades, U.S. policy toward the People's Republic of China (PRC) has consistently subordinated human rights concerns to geopolitical or economic interests.
* The human rights situation in China has deteriorated significantly over the last two years.
* Both a new U.S. administration and China's bid to host the 2008 Olympics offer opportunities to influence human rights in China.
During the 1970s and 1980s, U.S. officials viewed China as an important counterweight to the power and influence of the Soviet Union. The primary U.S. objective--to contain the Soviet threat--took precedence over any concerns ...