(Clearwisdom.net)
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On November 21, 2004 the Chinese government website issued a statement protesting the interference with its satellite broadcast signals that took place on November 20. It stated that this kind of action "severely violated international agreements" regarding telecommunications and "internationally recognized rules," and the Chinese government "strongly condemns" such actions.
I want to be clear on just what "internationally recognized rules" the Chinese government recognizes, because it appears to me that they do not recognize any of them. On March 29, 2001, I was listening to a Yale Law School speech by the new Chinese Ambassador, Shen Guofang, about Chinese-American relations. When someone questioned China's poor human rights record, Shen Guofang defended it saying, "Different countries have different standards on human rights. There are no universally accepted rules in the world." Facing so many scholars, professors, and law school students, the Chinese Ambassador dared to talk like this. Everyone present was stunned.
In fact, China did sign eleven International Human Rights Agreements, which includes the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International Covenant on Economics, Social and Cultural Rights, and the International Covenant that Forbids Torture or Punishment.
But to all who know the nature of this scoundrel group, Shen Guofang's answer should not come as a surprise. It is well know that the Communist Party started from violent gangs that beat, smashed, robbed, and damaged traditional Chinese culture, virtue and conscience. It has never recognized any laws or rules in human society. The Chinese Constitution and International Covenants are only pieces of paper to them. They use these documents to decorate the table, and set them aside when they get in their way. They make up or destroy any rules at any time to sustain their power, and "punish" any one who "damages" the country.
The attitude of the Party regarding the June 4th 1989 massacre of students at Tiananmen Square severely violated the Chinese Constitution and International Covenants. When rock solid evidence is placed before them, their devious nature is exposed. Fifteen years ago, when Jiang was interviewed by a foreign journalist about a female college student that survived the June 4th incident, only to be raped in a forced labor camp, Jiang's comment was, "Serves her right!"
On April 15, 2004, the 60th UN Human Rights Conference was in its voting session, and the United States presented its condemnation of the Chinese human rights situation. The vote was delayed as a result of the Jiang group's intense efforts. After the meeting ended, an Epoch Times journalist interviewed the Chinese Head Representative, Sha Zukang, "Mr. Representative, if you say that society has reached its best time in China, why are Falun Dafa practitioners being injected with nerve damaging drugs in mental hospitals?" Sha Zukang replied, "Serves them right!"
This term blatantly shows the terrifying nature and the robber mentality of this dictatorship. Recently, when its media monopoly was broken through, the Party picked up the "International Covenant" claim again, as if they can make use of it and toss it around at will. It's just like a masked bandit shouting that whoever takes off his mask is "severely violating the law" and he "strongly condemns" their actions.
The Communist Party has spent several billion yuan (1) to build the "Golden Shield," for the internet, an information censorship project that is indispensable to its efforts to fabricate lies, brainwash the Chinese people and brutally persecute Falun Gong. Whoever uses peaceful means, such as tapping into TV signals so that people can see the truth, thereby safeguarding the human rights that the Chinese Constitution and International Covenants have bestowed on the Chinese people--these are brave and noble individuals.
(1) Yuan: Chinese currency. The average worker in China earns around 500 yuan per month.
