"Prime Minister Jean Chrétien issued a pointed call to Chinese leaders

February 13, 2001 6:33 AM

"Prime Minister Jean Chrétien issued a pointed call to Chinese leaders to build an impartial judiciary that will provide fair trials to all citizens, regardless of their creed, gender or political views." China is of course famous for its treatment of political protesters and religious sects, not to mention the common villager, endangered species, and its own culture. And don't forget Tibet.
posted by pracowity (3 comments total)

Should have called on the US to do the same.
posted by ojsbuddy at 7:15 AM on February 13, 2001

We're too busy making them our most favoured trading partner to do anything that radical. Gotta make sure that we get more prison-labour socks and those happy Chinese keep sucking up the Kentucky Fried Chicken, doncha know!
posted by Dreama at 9:20 AM on February 13, 2001

That's a heck of a lot of links in that post. Of course the Chinese Communist Party has a lot of skeletons in it's closet.
posted by Loudmax at 11:02 PM on February 14, 2001