President Hu, are you bored or is there someplace else you need to be?
While calling human rights in China a very serious issue President Obama chose his words carefully today at a Joint Press Conference between Hu Jintao and Obama this afternoon at the White House.
Human Rights Just An Issue?
China’s draconian One Child Policy under which women who have more than one child are routinely forced to abort any subsequent pregnancies (even in their 9th month) sterilizations and fines of up to one or two years annual wages are routine.
Geng He, spouse of missing Chinese Human Rights Atty Gao Zhisheng says that she hasn’t heard from her husband since he was kidnapped by Chinese Authorities and fears for his life.
Geng now living in the San Francisco Bay Area after having been granted political asylum, traveled to Washington this week, to lend her voice to the growing chorus of people that most certainly realize that human rights is much more than “just an issue” as President Obama described it.
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