Coping with a Bad Global Image Human Rights in the People's Republic of China, 1993-1994

This book assesses the human rights condition in the People's Republic of China during 1993-94 focusing on how abuses has engendered difficulties for Beijing in international relations. It considers changes in the political and legal systems and Communist ideology (more correctly, its demise) in its appraisal These, the authors contend, are causative factors of human rights abuses and need to be understood to put the human rights situation in its proper perspective. Such matters as crime, forced labor, and executions are examined in detail to delineate the worst kinds of human rights abuses as well as current trends. Dissidents, religious advocates, and intellectuals are also a focus of attention.