Shorter Hu: Just shut up and buy our stuff because we’ve manipulated our currency to the point you have no choice

Posted: January 19, 2011 | Author: | Filed under: Barack Obama, China, Foreign Affairs, Live | Tags: , , , , , | 33 Comments

If you’re not watching the joint Hu/Obama presser you should be .

2.06pm ET: A Bloomberg journalist asks Hu directly why he didn’t answer the first AP question about human rights – and follows up with a query about the reaction from congressional leaders, as mentioned below.

Hu says he didn’t hear the question about human rights for technical reasons, saying it was a question directed at President Obama, but says he will answer it now:

“President Obama and I have already met eight times. each time we met we had an exchange of views in a candid manner … in the issues we covered we also covered human rights. China is always committed to the protection and promotion of human rights. In terms of human rights China has made enormous progress.”

“Chinese is a huge country with a huge population,” Hu reminds us, and it “still faces challenges in terms of reform”.

2.05pm ET: “We want to sell you all kinds of stuff. We want to sell you planes, we want to sell you cars, we want to sell you software,” says Obama in response to a question about the growth of China.

Joint asskissing session here on CPSAN2.

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Today is the Internet Censorship Day of Protest!

Posted: July 29, 2008 | Author: | Filed under: Human Rights | Tags: , , , | Comments Off on Today is the Internet Censorship Day of Protest!

 

This website supports Amnesty International’s Uncensor China Campaign

The source of this information and of this protest is Amnesty International.  If you lived in China you would not be able access even the most basic information about Human Rights, Freedom, the Falun Gong, AIDS, SARS nor would you be allowed FaceBook, MYSpace, CNN or Wikipedia.

http://uncensor.com.au/uncensor/info/about_the_uncensor_china_campaign/

There are people in China who need your support. In their country saying what you think, confronting authority, standing up for basic rights or just sharing information can leave you imprisoned, tortured or dead.

In its bid for the 2008 Olympics China promised that it would make life better for its 1.3 billion citizens.

Liu Jingmin, Vice-President of the Beijing Olympic Bid Committee, even said: “By allowing Beijing to host the Games you will help in the development of human rights.”

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has also repeatedly said it expects human rights in China to get better, as a result of Beijing’s selection as host of the 2008 Games.

Time to deliver

China has yet to deliver on its words and the Olympics are fast approaching. We are demanding the Government live up to that promise and make China a free, fair and open place to live.

We need your help to do it. A lone voice is not enough, but hundreds, thousands, and hopefully millions of people speaking up together can bring change.

Campaigning for change

We are mobilising people from all over the world – from Mongolia to Denmark, from Chile to Australia – and calling on China to change.

Our campaign focuses on four areas, where we believe reform will have the most impact:

China’s legacy

Right now, our supporters are organising demonstrations and vigils, lobbying, writing letters to governments and radio stations, building alliances, exerting influence on companies and intergovernmental groups, and raising public awareness.

The aim of every word and action is to bring about change in China. We need your help.

We want the legacy of the 2008 Olympics to be more than medals and records. We want the legacy to be a China where human rights are respected and protected.