Download or read book Debating Human Rights in China written by Marina Svensson and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 2002-05-14 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tracing the concept of human rights in Chinese political discourse since the late Qing dynasty, this comprehensive history convincingly demonstrates that—contrary to conventional wisdom—there has been a vibrant debate on human rights throughout the twentieth century. Drawing on little-known sources, Marina Svensson argues that the concept of human rights was invoked by the Chinese people well before the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948, and that it has continued to have strong appeal after 1949, both in Taiwan and on the mainland. These largely forgotten debates provide important perspectives on and contrasts to the official PRC line. The author gives particular attention to the issues of power and agency in describing the widely divergent views of official spokespersons, establishment intellectuals, and dissidents. Until quite recently the PRC dismissed human rights as a bourgeois slogan. Yet the globalization of human rights and the growing importance of the issue in bilateral and multilateral relations have forced the regime to embrace, or rather appropriate, the language of human rights, an appropriation that continues to be vigorously challenged by dissidents at home and abroad. By exploring the relationship between domestic and international human rights discourses, this study offers new insights not only into the Chinese but also into the Western human rights debate. Students and scholars of China and of human rights will find this work an important tool for understanding one of the great issues of our time.
Download or read book Debating Human Rights written by Daniel P. L. Chong and published by Lynne Rienner Pub. This book was released on 2014 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Even as human rights provide the most widely shared moral language of our time, they also spark highly contested debates among scholars and policymakers. When should states protect human rights? Does the global war on terror necessitate the violation of some rights? Are food, housing, and health care valid human rights? Debating Human Rights introduces the theory and practice of international human rights by examining fourteen controversies in the field. Daniel Chong presents the major arguments on both sides of each debate, encouraging readers to think critically and form their own opinions. Designed for classroom use, the structure of the book makes it easy for students to become familiar with the major political and legal actors in the global human rights system and to understand the practical challenges of protecting civil, political, social, and economic rights.
Download or read book Debating Human Rights written by Peter Van Ness and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-07-13 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Human rights debates can provoke strong reactions, particularly among people of different cultural backgrounds. The debate over Asian values and the use of human rights diplomacy are the most obvious manifestations of divisions between Asia and the West and reflect particular world views and historical legacies. In this new book, scholars from the United States and several Asian countries debate fundamental issues such as 'Asian values', 'peaceful evolution' and cultural imperialism. Provocative and challenging essays analyse the debate between East and West, presenting critical perspectives on globalization and human rights diplomacy. Debating Human Rights is an original contribution to a vital area of debate. It presents a uniquely wide diversity of perspectives on controversial issues and demonstrates how scholars and activists who view the world very differently can nonetheless move these debates forward in a search for common ground.
Download or read book Debating Human Rights in China written by Marina Svensson and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 2002 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on little-known sources, Marina Svensson argues that the concept of human rights was invoked by the Chinese people well before the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948, and it has continued to have strong appeal after 1949, both in Taiwan and on the mainland. These largely forgotten debates provide important perspectives on and contrasts to the official PRC line. The author gives particular attention to the issues of power and agency in describing the widely divergent views of official spokespersons, establishment intellectuals and dissidents. Until recently the PRC dismissed human rights as a bourgeois slogan, yet the globalization of human rights and the growing importance of the issue in bilateral and multilateral relations has grown. Thus, the regime has been forced to embrace, or rather appropriate, the language of human rights, an appropriation that continues to be vigorously challenged by dissidents at home and abroad.
Download or read book Debating Human Rights and the Rule of Law in China written by Jessica Amy Guitard and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Debating Human Rights written by Peter Van Ness and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-07-13 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Human rights debates can provoke strong reactions, particularly among people of different cultural backgrounds. The debate over Asian values and the use of human rights diplomacy are the most obvious manifestations of divisions between Asia and the West and reflect particular world views and historical legacies. In this new book, scholars from the United States and several Asian countries debate fundamental issues such as 'Asian values', 'peaceful evolution' and cultural imperialism. Provocative and challenging essays analyse the debate between East and West, presenting critical perspectives on globalization and human rights diplomacy. Debating Human Rights is an original contribution to a vital area of debate. It presents a uniquely wide diversity of perspectives on controversial issues and demonstrates how scholars and activists who view the world very differently can nonetheless move these debates forward in a search for common ground.
Download or read book Debating China written by Nina Hachigian and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2014-02 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An emerging star in the field of US-China policy pairs leading scholars from both the US and China in dialogues about the most crucial elements of the relationship.
Download or read book China and Human Rights in North Korea written by Baogang He and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-10-31 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By exploring the "China factor" in the North Korean human rights debate, this book evaluates the advantages and disadvantages of applying the Chinese development-based approach to human rights in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). The contributors to this book treat the relevance of the Chinese experience to the DPRK seriously and evaluate how it might apply to easing North Korean human rights issues.They engage with the debate about the relevance of the developmental or development-based approach to North Korea. In doing so, they problematise, scrutinise and contextualise the development-based approach in Northeast Asia, including China, and examine different responses to the developmental approach and the influence of domestic politics on these responses. A valuable contribution to discussions on possible ways forward for human rights in North Korea and an insightful critique of the Northeast Asian development model more broadly.
Download or read book Human Rights in Contemporary China written by R. Randle Edwards and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 1986 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Available for the first time in English, this is the definitive account of the practice of sexual slavery the Japanese military perpetrated during World War II by the researcher principally responsible for exposing the Japanese government's responsibility for these atrocities. The large scale imprisonment and rape of thousands of women, who were euphemistically called "comfort women" by the Japanese military, first seized public attention in 1991 when three Korean women filed suit in a Toyko District Court stating that they had been forced into sexual servitude and demanding compensation. Since then the comfort stations and their significance have been the subject of ongoing debate and intense activism in Japan, much if it inspired by Yoshimi's investigations. How large a role did the military, and by extension the government, play in setting up and administering these camps? What type of compensation, if any, are the victimized women due? These issues figure prominently in the current Japanese focus on public memory and arguments about the teaching and writing of history and are central to efforts to transform Japanese ways of remembering the war. Yoshimi Yoshiaki provides a wealth of documentation and testimony to prove the existence of some 2,000 centers where as many as 200,000 Korean, Filipina, Taiwanese, Indonesian, Burmese, Dutch, Australian, and some Japanese women were restrained for months and forced to engage in sexual activity with Japanese military personnel. Many of the women were teenagers, some as young as fourteen. To date, the Japanese government has neither admitted responsibility for creating the comfort station system nor given compensation directly to former comfort women. This English edition updates the Japanese edition originally published in 1995 and includes introductions by both the author and the translator placing the story in context for American readers.
Download or read book Between Freedom and Subsistence written by Ann E. Kent and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1993 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This refreshing study places the human rights debate in the context of the profound economic, political, and social changes China's people have undergone in the post-Mao era. Market reforms have undermined Communist-style economic and social rights. At the same time, the demands of China's increasingly pluralist and international society for political freedoms and legal guarantees, remain unreconciled with the Communist regime's desire to retain power.
Download or read book Human Rights and Chinese Values written by Michael C. Davis and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1995 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Directed at both students and scholars of Asia, this volume collects essays by ten major figures in the debate over human rights in the region. The essays treat the issues surrounding human rights, with a particular focus on the cases of China and Hong Kong.
Download or read book Debating China written by Nina Hachigian and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2014-02 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An emerging star in the field of US-China policy pairs leading scholars from both the US and China in dialogues about the most crucial elements of the relationship.
Download or read book Debating China s Exchange Rate Policy written by Morris Goldstein and published by Peterson Institute. This book was released on 2008 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Handbook on Human Rights in China written by Sarah Biddulph and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2019 with total page 768 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Handbook gives a wide-ranging account of the theory and practice of human rights in China, viewed against international standards, and China’s international engagements around human rights. The Handbook is organised into the following sections: contested meanings; international dimensions; economic and social rights; civil and political rights; rights in/action and access to justice; political dimensions of human rights in Greater China; and new frontiers.
Download or read book Human rights violation in China written by Talat Chaudhary and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2021-01-29 with total page 23 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Academic Paper from the year 2020 in the subject Politics - Topic: Public International Law and Human Rights, , course: Law, language: English, abstract: Human rights, a concept deeply ingrained in global discourse, serves as a cornerstone for evaluating the ethical foundations of societies and their treatment of individuals. This paper delves into the discourse surrounding human rights in the context of the People's Republic of China (PRC), exploring the historical evolution, ideological shifts, and incidents that have shaped its trajectory. While international attention on human rights violations in China has intensified over the years, the Chinese government's stance, rooted in notions of sovereignty and socialist principles, has presented a complex narrative. The paper unfolds chronologically, navigating through key milestones in China's human rights discourse. The Democracy Wall Movement in 1978-1979 and the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 serve as pivotal moments that challenged the official stance on human rights, leading to international condemnation. The paper scrutinizes China's engagement with the United Nations, its signing and ratification of human rights conventions in the 1980s, and the subsequent realities that questioned the alignment of rhetoric with practice. China's approach to human rights is shaped by a unique blend of socialist ideology and historical context. The prioritization of economic and social rights over political rights, as articulated in official white papers, reflects a distinct emphasis on collective well-being. The paper critically examines China's assertion that the right to subsistence is the paramount human right, portraying human rights as a noble goal pursued by the state rather than a stringent set of obligations. Despite China's active involvement in international human rights frameworks, incidents such as the Tiananmen Square massacre expose a stark contrast between rhetoric and reality. The invocation of sovereignty as a shield against international criticism, a principle rooted in China's historical struggle for autonomy, adds layers of complexity to the discourse. This paper aims to unravel the intricacies of China's stance on human rights, examining the ideological underpinnings, historical developments, and the dissonance between rhetoric and actions. In subsequent sections, we will delve into specific incidents of human rights violations, shedding light on the challenges and contradictions that define the contemporary discourse on human rights in China.
Download or read book Trade and Human Rights written by Susan C. Morris and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-10-05 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title was first published in 2002: Utilizing the case of the 1994 US decision to delink China’s human rights record from most favoured nation status, Susan C. Morris addresses the critical issues where commercialism and human rights converge. This insightful addition to the literature on US foreign policy on human rights draws on both political and economic theory, touching upon the relationships between labour conditions and production, business and freedom of association, management and bargaining and ultimately the relationship between economics and human justice. Empirically, the work draws on US Congressional proceedings and debates throughout the decade of the 1990s. Although the trade and human rights debate has long been ingrained in the rhetoric of scholars, the research approaches the issue within the context of communism’s last major threshold, making it a valuable contribution to the field of international relations.
Download or read book China and the West written by Rudyard Griffiths and published by House of Anansi. This book was released on 2019-11-05 with total page 87 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The twenty-fourth semi-annual Munk Debate, held on May 9, 2019, pits former Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs H. R. McMaster and Director for Chinese Strategy at the D.C.-based Hudson Institute think tank Michael Pillsbury against former President of the United Nations Security Council Kishore Mahbubani and president of one of China’s top independent think tanks, the Center for China Globalization, Huiyao Wang to debate the threat of China to the liberal international order. Increasingly in the West, China is being characterized as a threat to the liberal international order, one that must be overcome through economic, political, technological, and even military means. For those who believe that the policies of the Chinese Communist Party pose a threat to free and open societies, the U.S. and like-minded nations must band together to preserve a rules-based international order. For others, this approach spells disaster; it ignores the history and dynamics propelling China’s rise to superpower status. Rather than threatening the post-war order, China is its best, and maybe only, guarantor in an era of declining U.S. leadership, increased regional instability, and slowing global growth.
