Chinese activist: Game-changer in geopolitical football match?

May 04, 2012 12:32

A Chinese dissident seeking asylum in the US has overshadowed bilateral negotiations between the two countries. The case comes at a crucial time for China-US relations, raising suspicions it may have been orchestrated to serve diplomatic interests.

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CON 05.05.2012 11:57

Arthur Borges (unregistered) wrote in #11@Con You mean the one who testified at some Congressional hearing in the USA and turned out to be the Kuwaiti ambassador's daughter, who couldn't have been in the country at the time? IN REPLY: Yes, the very same.

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living000 05.05.2012 01:35

Russia and China are not immuned to the porpagandah by the west, WWIII is coming, and they want to make sure they get enough conscripts to fight their dirty wars, why? because China and Russia combined are more powerful than the west and they know it.

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Tom Sad 04.05.2012 22:20

I have every reason to believe that most politicians in the USA are lunatics.How on earth can a country which has dubious democracy,responsibl e for training and arming most of the known terrorists and murders,responsible for political assasinations of political leaders who are percieved as sturbon,claim to be World police for human rights.So the USA can afford to attack China for dealing with some brainwashed and petty Chinese political activists while turning a blind eye to the war crimes Israel is committing against the Palestinians?There is not a single 3rd World country at peace where the evil foreign policies of the empire are at work.Chinaś methods of attempting to check its population growth are far better than inventing killer viruses such as HIV,Ebola etc and use them against innocent people.China and Russia must stand firm and should not give an inch to the evil empire.

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European 04.05.2012 22:17

It is more like a plot made by the reformist to oust Bo Xilai and his maoist faction from power, using the funny lady Hillary, and her vanity, as a tool for that purpose. A triple win result: Mr. Chen; Mr. Hu Jintao and Mr. Romey.

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trueworld 04.05.2012 21:46

hallery should award a human right medal for her husband bill clinton for child molester and adultery.

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Jaime 04.05.2012 19:08

There were cases of coerced procedures by overzealous local officials breaking laws in order to satisfy the policy, but that's old news. These local officals were punished. Since 2007-2008 enforcement of the one child policy is not draconian. People in rural areas are allow more than one child. Ethnic minorities are exempt. Those in the cities breaking the policy are fined. Allying with the US anti-China forces based on these domestic incidents of abuse of power by local officials can only contribute more anti-China propaganda, misconceptions, and prejudices. Shaming your own house and running to those who dislike your kind, what good can come out of that?

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Arthur Borges (unregistered) 04.05.2012 18:55

@Con

You mean the one who testified at some Congressional hearing in the USA and turned out to be the Kuwaiti ambassador's daughter, who couldn't have been in the country at the time?

Anyhow, Mr. Chen landed at the embassy when staff were likely terribly busy with arrangements for Mrs. Clinton's visit and hardly needed the extra grief.

He couldn't have escaped alone, so some organization wanted to jinx the talks in one direction or the other and it might have been Chinese as easily as an American one, e.g. a church group or some Republican running his own operation.

Go figure.


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CON 04.05.2012 18:27

'The Chinese dissident' may turn out to be as authentic as the crying 'Nurse' in Kuwiait, the one who saw Iraqi soldiers throwing infants out of incubators.

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Socialism2011 04.05.2012 18:08

@SMJ Hello, The one child policy in China only applies to around ~30% of the population. Although terrible events must have happened to countless women I do understand the logic behind the one child policy which applies in the dense urban provinces. If it wasnt implemented then there would be 100s of millions of extra births which would cripple Chinese health service, cities, schools etc, there would be too many people. It is better to have fewer people having a better standard of living rather than more people having a lower standard of living.

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Arthur Borges (unregistered) 04.05.2012 18:00

Mr. Chen is truly fearless: at one point he said he wanted to kiss Mrs. Clinton.

I think Mrs. Clinton should award that Human Right to anyone who asks.

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itchimaru 04.05.2012 17:29

Smart move China, for letting him go. You don't need this guy anyway. Let the American tax payers take care of him and his family.

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SMJ 04.05.2012 17:28

Socialism2011 - This article omits to mention exactly which 'human rights' this man is standing up for and the reason he is seeking refuge from the Chinese government - Chen is an outspoken critic of the Chinese Government's 'one child' policy more specifically the forced sterilisation and forced abortions thousands, possibly hundreds of thousands, of Chinese women have had to endure over the last few years. Please do not mistake me I certainly agree and think the US has no right to lecture anyone else in the world on human rights (Abu Ghrab & Guantanomo are just two examples of their rank hypocrisy) but I find it very upsetting that the world is focusing on the 'Geopolitical gamechanger' and not focusing on the real scandal and the real issue here that appears to be ignored and that is the women who have and are suffering because of this policy.

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JJ (unregistered) 04.05.2012 17:24

When he heard the price of an apartment in New York City, he figured,
"Gee, these Jewish Landlords just rob you blind".  He figured that if he
could learn to sing like Joe Cocker, he could stay in China, and start a
Ray Charles Tribute Band.  He wound up having to go the the hospital
in China cause he burnt his hand trying to read the waffle iron. If he ever
regained his eyesight and saw what Hillary looks like, he'd poke his eyes
out.


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trueworld 04.05.2012 17:22

 blame the jew-cia and jews propaganda-machine sabotage USA and china relation for isreal/jews interest. jews is today world problem. it will make china, russia, north-korea, iran and south-america working togather much closer to eliminate their common enemy [jews].

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Socialism2011 04.05.2012 14:36

The laws the US has passed recently such as the NDAA means America can no longer criticize China about 'human rights violations' without being made to look completely hypocritical.   

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conkphooey-orangutan 04.05.2012 14:14

he could earn money for starring in japanese new zatoichi kenkatabe...

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PR1oh1 04.05.2012 13:34

Smart move by China.

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