(http://youtu.be/FRl9trGPNWw)
The White House will raise concerns over China’s human rights problems during Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping’s visit to the US this week. Xi will likely be chosen by the Central Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party as successor to Party leader Hu Jintao. And the visit, hosted by US Vice President Joe Biden, will see the two sides getting acquainted ahead of the transfer of power in China later this year.
While meeting with reporters on Friday, White House Senior Director for Asian Affairs Daniel Russel said the US will not shy away from raising human rights issues with Xi.
[Daniel Russel, National Security Staff, Senior Director of Asian Affairs]:
“We use every opportunity to urge the Chinese officials and leaders to exercise real restraint and to safeguard the human rights and fundamental freedoms of all Chinese citizens, including in Tibet. This is an important part of our agenda and there is no reason the conversations with Vice President Xi would depart from our longstanding practices.”
In addition to visiting Washington, D.C., Xi Jinping will travel to Iowa and California. Deputy National Security Advisor Ben Rhodes hopes the trip will give Xi a taste of the values celebrated in the US.
[Ben Rhodes, Deputy National Security Advisor to President]:
“I think one of the most powerful messages associated with universal rights, I think, is the way which the United States reflects them…and in each place I think he will see very vibrant communities, places that benefit from diversity and places that demonstrate that America lives up to the values that we stand up for around the world.”
Over the past few years, many commentators and world leaders have noted the importance of the US-China relationship. Home to the world’s largest and second largest economy, the US and China are often portrayed as more concerned with discussing trade and currency than human rights. However, from the recent shootings in Tibet, to China’s veto of a UN Security Council resolution condemning the ongoing crackdown in Syria, China’s human rights abuses are again on the forefront of people’s minds.
The Chinese regime executes the highest number of people of any country in the world each year, according to Amnesty International. The regime continues to persecute Tibetans, Uyghurs, Christians and Falun Gong practitioners, as well as political dissidents.
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