Communist China since Tienanmen Square

1989: Li Peng (beleived to have ordered Tienanmen Square massacre) and others oust moderate [link|http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/Z/ZhaoZ1iya.asp|Zhao Ziyang]. Li Peng's power begins to decline.

1991: Government of Taiwan ceases to claim to be sole legitimate government of China.

1994: Deng Xiaoping's last public appearance

1997: Economic crisis in Communist China. Deng Xiaping dies. Jiang Zemin advocates publicly held stocks. James A. Dorn or the Cato Insitute [link|http://www.fee.org/vnews.php?nid=3760|argues that free trade will bring democracy to China]. "Trade policy and human rights policy should not be yoked." Hong Kong ceded to Communist China. Human rights violations [link|http://www.tibet.com/Humanrights/HumanRights97/|continue in Tibet]. [link|http://www.freechina.net/|Free China Movement] founded.

1998: Li Peng replaces reformer Qiao as Premier. [link|http://www.taemag.com/issues/articleid.16965/article_detail.asp|Henry Rowen predicts economic reforms will likely lead to democracy]

1999: [link|http://religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu/nrms/falungong.html|Falun Gong] banned. Members sent to re-education camps. Taiwanese President Lee Teng-hui abolishes Taiwan's "one state" policy.

1999, February: [link|http://hrw.org/english/docs/2003/12/06/china6769.htm|Political prisoner Gao Yu] released prior to UN human right meeting, promptly re-arrested afterward.

1999, April [link|http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGASA170251999?open&of=ENG-310|Amnesty International documents] gross human rights violations in Xinjiang Uighur province.

1999, July: [link|http://www.taiwandc.org/nws-9930.htm|"One China, One Taiwan" Resolution introduced in US House]. Estimated 50,000 [link|http://www.falundafa-pa.net/media/patriot_news_tranquility_20010514.html|Falun Gong practioners arrested], sent to labor camps

2000: [link|http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/L/LiP1eng.asp|Li Peng] and other hardliners return to power. Hu Changqing executed.

2001: [link|http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/55/200.html|Communist Party Internal Report Reveals Spread of Unrest]

2001, January: BBC reports [link|http://clearwisdom.net/eng/2001/jan/03/nmr010301_4.html|Falun Gong detainees died in custody] after being beaten.

2002: China releases Ngawang Sangdrol in advance of Zemin's visit to George W. Bush. Hu Jintao becomes chairman of party. Hu Jintao permits politically connected businessmen to obtain Communist Party membership.

2002, August: China's head jailer Du Zhongxing [link|http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/08/12/1029113895767.html?oneclick=true|denies there are any political prisoners] in China.

2003: [link|http://tokyo.usembassy.gov/e/p/tp-20030512a9.html|Spread of SARS blamed on China's secrecy]. [link|http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/red/roundtable/1.html|Minxin Pei still predicts] economic progress will lead to democracy, after "a profound economic and political crisis." Hu Jintao becomes president.

2003, July: [link|http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/china/2003/china-030709-voa01.htm|Mass protest in Hong Kong] over new anti-subversion law. Hu Jintao [link|http://english.pladaily.com.cn/english/pladaily/2004/09/22/20040922001025_TodayHeadlines.html|vows to promote "socialist democracy"]

2004, March: Beijing issues a white paper on 50 years of human rights progress in China. All recent examples of progress therein concern strictly economic rights.

2004, April: Beijing rules that [link|http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/04/06/world/main610450.shtml|Hong Kong may not freely elect their own leaders]

2004, July: [link|http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/07/01/world/main626996.shtml|Huge protests in Hong Kong] over Beijing's interference in local elections.

2004, September: Hu Jintao says [link|http://pekingduck.org/archives/001760.php|western style democracy is a "blind alley"], commits to one party rule. Police [link|http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/106699/1/.html|arrests 36,000 dissidents and petitioners].

2004, October: China releases political prisoner Kang Yuchun just before EU delegation arrives to discuss human rights.

2004, December: [link|http://www.washtimes.com/national/20041202-115302-2338r.htm|China tests ballistic missile submarine]

2005, February: [link|http://quickstart.clari.net/voa/art/gw/2005-02-08-voa32.html|China releases information] on 52 political prisoners prior to meeting with UN Human Rights Commission.

2005, March: [link|http://www.washtimes.com/national/20050217-114812-3737r.htm|Chinese military buildup assessed as threat to U.S.]. China [link|http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/03/13/china.npc.law/|approves military force] to conquer Taiwan. US abandons a UN resolution criticizing China after China [link|http://www.humanrightswatch.org/english/docs/2005/03/18/china10338.htm|releases Rebiya Kadeer]. President [link|http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/?sid=a85eda3d3f3f68fe|Hu Jintao named] world's 4th worst dictator by Parade Magazine (down from 3rd in 2004.) [link|http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4344547.stm|Hu Jintao takes control] of Military Commission. China [link|http://www.cecc.gov/pages/virtualAcad/index.phpd?showsingle=9133|restricts publication of news on the Internet], and [link|http://www.cecc.gov/pages/virtualAcad/index.phpd?PHPSESSID=ae02d21efb4f04ff1e26bfc5a3813e6e#id9121|increases regulation] of news reporters and editors.

Reference sites:

[link|http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/55/index-jc.html|The history of dissent and human rights
in the People's Republic of China]

[link|http://www.freep.com/news/nw/deng/deng4.htm|Deng Xiaoping's and Recent Chinese History]

[link|http://www.angelfire.com/ca3/marlowe/china.html#20050328|Angelfire link] (turn off Javascript to avoid popups)

Freenet: /SSK@jbf~W~x49RjZfyJwplqwurpNmg0PAgM/marlowe/china.html#20050328

[link|http://fnmarlowe-politics-world.blogspot.com/2005/03/communist-china-since-tienanmen-square.html|Comment at blogger.com]

Post #201,153 by marlowe 3/29/05 8:32:20 PM Reply	Communist China since Tienanmen Square 1989: Li Peng (beleived to have ordered Tienanmen Square massacre) and others oust moderate [link\|http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/Z/ZhaoZ1iya.asp\|Zhao Ziyang]. Li Peng's power begins to decline. 1991: Government of Taiwan ceases to claim to be sole legitimate government of China. 1994: Deng Xiaoping's last public appearance 1997: Economic crisis in Communist China. Deng Xiaping dies. Jiang Zemin advocates publicly held stocks. James A. Dorn or the Cato Insitute [link\|http://www.fee.org/vnews.php?nid=3760\|argues that free trade will bring democracy to China]. "Trade policy and human rights policy should not be yoked." Hong Kong ceded to Communist China. Human rights violations [link\|http://www.tibet.com/Humanrights/HumanRights97/\|continue in Tibet]. [link\|http://www.freechina.net/\|Free China Movement] founded. 1998: Li Peng replaces reformer Qiao as Premier. [link\|http://www.taemag.com/issues/articleid.16965/article_detail.asp\|Henry Rowen predicts economic reforms will likely lead to democracy] 1999: [link\|http://religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu/nrms/falungong.html\|Falun Gong] banned. Members sent to re-education camps. Taiwanese President Lee Teng-hui abolishes Taiwan's "one state" policy. 1999, February: [link\|http://hrw.org/english/docs/2003/12/06/china6769.htm\|Political prisoner Gao Yu] released prior to UN human right meeting, promptly re-arrested afterward. 1999, April [link\|http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGASA170251999?open&of=ENG-310\|Amnesty International documents] gross human rights violations in Xinjiang Uighur province. 1999, July: [link\|http://www.taiwandc.org/nws-9930.htm\|"One China, One Taiwan" Resolution introduced in US House]. Estimated 50,000 [link\|http://www.falundafa-pa.net/media/patriot_news_tranquility_20010514.html\|Falun Gong practioners arrested], sent to labor camps 2000: [link\|http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/L/LiP1eng.asp\|Li Peng] and other hardliners return to power. Hu Changqing executed. 2001: [link\|http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/55/200.html\|Communist Party Internal Report Reveals Spread of Unrest] 2001, January: BBC reports [link\|http://clearwisdom.net/eng/2001/jan/03/nmr010301_4.html\|Falun Gong detainees died in custody] after being beaten. 2002: China releases Ngawang Sangdrol in advance of Zemin's visit to George W. Bush. Hu Jintao becomes chairman of party. Hu Jintao permits politically connected businessmen to obtain Communist Party membership. 2002, August: China's head jailer Du Zhongxing [link\|http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/08/12/1029113895767.html?oneclick=true\|denies there are any political prisoners] in China. 2003: [link\|http://tokyo.usembassy.gov/e/p/tp-20030512a9.html\|Spread of SARS blamed on China's secrecy]. [link\|http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/red/roundtable/1.html\|Minxin Pei still predicts] economic progress will lead to democracy, after "a profound economic and political crisis." Hu Jintao becomes president. 2003, July: [link\|http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/china/2003/china-030709-voa01.htm\|Mass protest in Hong Kong] over new anti-subversion law. Hu Jintao [link\|http://english.pladaily.com.cn/english/pladaily/2004/09/22/20040922001025_TodayHeadlines.html\|vows to promote "socialist democracy"] 2004, March: Beijing issues a white paper on 50 years of human rights progress in China. All recent examples of progress therein concern strictly economic rights. 2004, April: Beijing rules that [link\|http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/04/06/world/main610450.shtml\|Hong Kong may not freely elect their own leaders] 2004, July: [link\|http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/07/01/world/main626996.shtml\|Huge protests in Hong Kong] over Beijing's interference in local elections. 2004, September: Hu Jintao says [link\|http://pekingduck.org/archives/001760.php\|western style democracy is a "blind alley"], commits to one party rule. Police [link\|http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/106699/1/.html\|arrests 36,000 dissidents and petitioners]. 2004, October: China releases political prisoner Kang Yuchun just before EU delegation arrives to discuss human rights. 2004, December: [link\|http://www.washtimes.com/national/20041202-115302-2338r.htm\|China tests ballistic missile submarine] 2005, February: [link\|http://quickstart.clari.net/voa/art/gw/2005-02-08-voa32.html\|China releases information] on 52 political prisoners prior to meeting with UN Human Rights Commission. 2005, March: [link\|http://www.washtimes.com/national/20050217-114812-3737r.htm\|Chinese military buildup assessed as threat to U.S.]. China [link\|http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/03/13/china.npc.law/\|approves military force] to conquer Taiwan. US abandons a UN resolution criticizing China after China [link\|http://www.humanrightswatch.org/english/docs/2005/03/18/china10338.htm\|releases Rebiya Kadeer]. President [link\|http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/?sid=a85eda3d3f3f68fe\|Hu Jintao named] world's 4th worst dictator by Parade Magazine (down from 3rd in 2004.) [link\|http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4344547.stm\|Hu Jintao takes control] of Military Commission. China [link\|http://www.cecc.gov/pages/virtualAcad/index.phpd?showsingle=9133\|restricts publication of news on the Internet], and [link\|http://www.cecc.gov/pages/virtualAcad/index.phpd?PHPSESSID=ae02d21efb4f04ff1e26bfc5a3813e6e#id9121\|increases regulation] of news reporters and editors. Reference sites: [link\|http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/55/index-jc.html\|The history of dissent and human rights in the People's Republic of China] [link\|http://www.freep.com/news/nw/deng/deng4.htm\|Deng Xiaoping's and Recent Chinese History] [link\|http://www.angelfire.com/ca3/marlowe/china.html#20050328\|Angelfire link] (turn off Javascript to avoid popups) Freenet: /SSK@jbf~W~x49RjZfyJwplqwurpNmg0PAgM/marlowe/china.html#20050328 [link\|http://fnmarlowe-politics-world.blogspot.com/2005/03/communist-china-since-tienanmen-square.html\|Comment at blogger.com] ---------------------------------------------------------------- If you don't like my posts, don't click on them. Well, pardon us for winning the election.
Post #201,155 by boxley 3/29/05 8:45:10 PM Reply	you missed one more Tung Chee ran out of hong kong, as the Island was getting very tired of mainland attitudes, and the Central Committee allowed his resignation, thanx, bill All tribal myths are true, for a given value of "true" Terry Pratchett [link\|http://boxleys.blogspot.com/\|http://boxleys.blogspot.com/] Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free american and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 48 years. meep questions, help? [link\|mailto:pappas@catholic.org\|email pappas at catholic.org]
Post #203,576 by marlowe 4/16/05 1:45:35 PM Reply	Whole lot happening there past few weeks. I'll wait till things settle down before updating. But thanks. ---------------------------------------------------------------- If you don't like my posts, don't click on them. Well, pardon us for winning the election.
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Post #201,199 by jake123 3/30/05 7:33:47 AM Reply	No no no no, you don't realise the purpose of the trial balloon. It's really the set up to blame the yellow hordes when the rest of the world stops buying US paper and its economy implodes. --\n-------------------------------------------------------------------\n* Jack Troughton jake at consultron.ca \n [link\|http://consultron.ca\|http://consultron.ca] [link\|irc://irc.ecomstation.ca\|irc://irc.ecomstation.ca] \n Kingston Ontario Canada [link\|news://news.consultron.ca\|news://news.consultron.ca] *\n-------------------------------------------------------------------
Post #201,256 by GBert 3/30/05 12:09:28 PM Reply	OK OK your POV is blocking out the light... It all makes sense... Repressing democracy at home is a necessary precondition in order to credibly project force abroad. The Chinese do it (and we know they are right, because even we are afraid of them). So we better hurry up and be grateful that our leaders are happy to do it too. What pansy-ass kint of a superpower would we be if we allowed our policies to be shackled at the balletbox by the enlightened self-interest of our citizens? Giovanni Have whatever values you have. That's what America is for. You don't need George Bush for that.

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