I have the same, if not more, human rights in China than I have here in the US!!
No Yiwu... even though Richard was unforgiveably rude to you, I have to disagree. You do not have the same or more rights in China than here.
And I say this because my rights are guaranteed under the first 10 amendments to the US constitution. When those rights are violated, I have a legal recourse to present my grievance, to the Supreme Court if necessary (and more than enough lawyers willing to take the case pro bono "free")
The rights you have in China are arbitrary and depend on the level of tolerance exhibited by the cronies in Bejing. There is nothing established in Chinese law that says you have the right to free speech.
Indeed, we can see the paranoia of China's leadership in the recent banning of a peaceful religious/spiritualist group, the Falun Gong. Reports apparently originating from China claimed that the group once numbered some 70 million people, a not insignificant number, mostly middle aged and elderly. (so much for respecting your elders, eh?)
I guess the human right of free religious practice was "guaranteed" for them by the government by detaining them all.
For Bejing to go to these extremes against elderly people meditating in parks practicing Tai Chi is a glaring sign that things are getting out of control there and the leadership is overreacting.
Regards,
Ron
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