Human rights in China : selected examinations / Kimberly Austin, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Austin, Kimberly, editor.

Series:

China in transition (Nova Science Publishers)

China in transition

Standardized Title:

Human rights in China (Nova Publishers : 2014)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human rights--China.

Human rights.

United States--Foreign relations--China.

United States.

China--Foreign relations--United States.

China.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (190 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Publishers, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book examines human rights issues in the People's Republic of China (PRC), including ongoing rights abuses, legal reforms, and the development of civil society. Major events of the past year include the PRC leadership transition, the Wukan protests over land expropriation, the negotiations that allowed legal advocate Chen Guangcheng to leave China, and the Tibetan selfimmolations. Ongoing human rights problems include excessive use of force by public security forces, unlawful detention, torture of detainees, arbitrary use of state security laws against political dissidents and ethnic grou

Contents:

""HUMAN RIGHTS IN CHINA: SELECTED EXAMINATIONS""; ""HUMAN RIGHTS IN CHINA: SELECTED EXAMINATIONS""; ""Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data""; ""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""Chapter 1: HUMAN RIGHTS IN CHINA AND U.S. POLICY: ISSUES FOR THE 113TH CONGRESS""; ""SUMMARY""; ""OVERVIEW""; ""SELECTED EVENTS AND DEVELOPMENTS OF THE PAST YEAR""; ""ONGOING HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES""; ""CIVIL SOCIETY""; ""THE INTERNET AND OTHER MEDIA DEVELOPMENTS""; ""HUMAN RIGHTS REFORMS/LEGISLATION""; ""U.S. EFFORTS TO ADVANCE HUMAN RIGHTS IN CHINA""; ""Chapter 2: CHINA 2013 HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT""

""EXECUTIVE SUMMARY""""SECTION 1. RESPECT FOR THE INTEGRITY OF THE PERSON, INCLUDING FREEDOM FROM""; ""SECTION 2. RESPECT FOR CIVIL LIBERTIES, INCLUDING""; ""SECTION 3. RESPECT FOR POLITICAL RIGHTS: THE RIGHT OF CITIZENS TO CHANGE THEIR GOVERNMENT""; ""SECTION 4. CORRUPTION AND LACK OF TRANSPARENCY IN GOVERNMENT""; ""SECTION 5. GOVERNMENTAL ATTITUDE REGARDING INTERNATIONAL AND NONGOVERNMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF ALLEGED VIOLATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS""; ""SECTION 6. DISCRIMINATION, SOCIETAL ABUSES, AND TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS""; ""SECTION 7.WORKER RIGHTS""

""Chapter 3: PRISON LABOR EXPORTS FROM CHINA AND IMPLICATIONS FOR U.S. POLICY""""EXECUTIVE SUMMARY""; ""THE SCOPE AND ROLE OF CHINA�S PRISON LABOR SYSTEM""; ""PRC COMPLIANCE WITH U.S.-CHINA PRISON LABOR EXPORT AGREEMENTS""; ""POLICY RESPONSE AND ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS BY U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCIES""; ""PROSPECTS FOR REFORM OF THE “REEDUCATION THROUGH LABOR� SYSTEM""; ""APPENDIX 1: U.S. GOVERNMENT LEGAL PROHIBITIONS ON THE IMPORTATION OF PRISON LABOR PRODUCTS""

""APPENDIX 2: TEXT OF THE 1992 U.S.-CHINA MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING REGARDING THE PROHIBITION OF IMPORT AND EXPORT TRADE IN PRISON LABOR PRODUCTS""""APPENDIX 3: TEXT OF THE 1994 U.S.-CHINA STATEMENT OF COOPERATION REGARDING THE PROHIBITION OF IMPORT AND EXPORT TRADE IN PRISON LABOR PRODUCTS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""INDEX""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed December 1, 2014).

ISBN:

1-63321-153-3

OCLC:

914433306