U.S. Govt. Report on China
October 7th, 2004The U.S. Congressional Executive Commission on China issued Tuesday its annual report on developments in the PRC concerning the rule of law and human rights.
This is the third and thickest yet of the CECC’s annual reports. It runs 164 pages, including 991 meticulous footnotes. The executive summary states, “The Commission finds limited progress over the past year in some areas of human rights and rule of law in China, but also finds severe and continuing problems[.]“
The PRC reaction is a predictable, “Stay out of our affairs.” They also say the report “doesn’t see the facts” (wu shi shishi), but they don’t specifically contest any fact in the report. An official Ministry of Foreign Affairs statement in Chinese is here. AFP covers the reaction in English here.
A PRC government spokesperson (in Hong Kong) also reacted to the report’s criticisms of the lack of democratic progress in Hong Kong here (in Chinese) and here (in English).