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To: LindyBill who started this subject	3/23/2004 3:02:01 AM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) of 793958

You can never tell what is going on by the surface story. I am sure the papers will play it as "Bush the Cowboy." BBC News China halts rights talks with US China says it has suspended all discussions with the United States on human rights' issues. Beijing broke off contacts as the US prepared to condemn its human rights record at a United Nations meeting. The American ambassador in Beijing was summoned to be told that China "cannot but immediately halt bilateral human rights dialogue and exchanges". The US action was "serious interference in China's internal affairs," said a foreign ministry statement. 'Backsliding' The Bush administration announced on Monday that it would seek a resolution condemning China for alleged abuses at the UN Commission on Human Rights currently meeting in Geneva. State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said that despite a promise of improvements made at the end of 2002, China's record last year actually got worse. "We are concerned about backsliding on key human rights issues that has occurred in a variety of areas since that time," Mr Boucher said. Areas of concern included extrajudicial killings, torture, repression of religious and political groups, and arrests of internet dissidents and HIV/Aids activists. However, Mr Boucher insisted that in other areas relations with China were the best they have been for decades. Spotlight China's Assistant Foreign Minister, Shen Guofang, accused the US of "double standards". "The United States' insistence on provoking confrontation has seriously damaged the foundation of our two countries' human rights dialogue and exchange," he was quoted as saying. Washington decided not to seek a resolution criticising China at last year's UN meeting because of what it called limited but significant progress. Such a resolution has been introduced almost every year since the 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators at Tiananmen Square. Condemnation by the 53-member commission in Geneva incurs no penalties, but puts the spotlight on a country's rights record. Story from BBC NEWS: news.bbc.co.uk Published: 2004/03/23 07:17:32 GMT © BBC MMIV

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