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U.S. Won't Chide China Over Human Rights
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP Mar 17, 2005 07:31pm |
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| Media | Website - Yahoo News: Iran |
| News Date | Friday, March 18, 2005 01:30:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Citing recent Chinese steps to ease up on political prisoners and religious practices, the Bush administration decided Thursday to forgo a showdown with China over its record on human rights at a 53-nation U.N. human rights conference.
Three weeks ago, in an annual report to Congress on human rights violations worldwide, the State Department faulted China on several fronts. And on Thursday, a few hours after the announcement not to introduce an anti-China resolution at the conference in Geneva, a senior State Department official told Congress: "We remain deeply concerned about China's poor human rights situation." |
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