Just in time to preemptively address the inevitable international remembrance of the 20-year anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre, the Chinese State Council released its “Human Rights Action Plan” for the next two years on Monday. Unfortunately, the “plan” contains very few concrete actions to be taken that will actually improve civil liberties.
The document primarily [...]
China Releases Human Rights Plan
April 13, 2009
U.S.-China Standoff ‘Dangerous’
March 12, 2009
Earlier this week, the USNS Impeccable, which was originally described as a research vessel, was “harassed” by five Chinese ships 75 miles south of the Chinese island of Hainan. According to U.S. naval reports, the Chinese vessels “shadowed and aggressively maneuvered in dangerously close proximity” to the Impeccable. Tim Worstall has a comprehensive description of [...]