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...citizen; the other two are American permanent residents. Wang, who has lived in New York since 1982 and whose four children are American citizens, was abducted from a Vietnamese hotel by PRC agents in June 2002. Often referred to as “China??s Nelson Mandela”—among other achievements, Wang founded the China Democracy Party in 1998—he has been sentenced to life in prison...
State may be trying, but its efforts on behalf of Yang and the others haven’t been nearly aggressive enough. Moreover, as a conciliatory gesture to Beijing, U.S. diplomats chose not to introduce a resolution condemning China??s abuses at last April’s meeting of the U.N. Human Rights Commission. Some good that...
Apart from his possession of false documents—a passport belonging to someone else, without which Yang would not have been allowed into China??the Chinese government’s case rests entirely on Yang’s vocal enthusiasm for democracy. China??s imprisonment of a supporter of democracy demonstrates that while China may be more open to the West than it was in decades past, it has yet to adopt fundamental human rights. China must learn that opinions cannot be punished...
...public policy. According to Amy Conly, an administrative assistant at the Kennedy School’s Vietnam Program, the center currently enrolls approximately 80 Vietnamese students in offerings that range from basic courses in micro- and macro-economics to more advanced classes on subjects like “China??s New Economic Strategy” and “Post-Crisis East Asia...
Apart from his possession of false documents—a passport belonging to someone else, without which Yang would not have been allowed into China??the Chinese government’s case rests entirely on Yang’s vocal enthusiasm for democracy. China??s imprisonment of a supporter of democracy demonstrates that while China may be more open to the West than it was in decades past, it has yet to adopt fundamental human rights. China must learn that opinions cannot be punished...