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Jianli Yang: Human Rights in China After the Olympics
October 29, 2008
Jianli Yang activist

Jianli Yang discusses the state of human rights in China after the 2008 Olympic Games.

The Olympics are now ended. Have human rights improved as promised by the Chinese leaders? Faced with ever growing, cascading crises including earth quake, economic embargo by the West, Tibetan uprising, and pollution, how has current leadership responded? Is there viable democratic opposition in China today that could advance its agenda? What is the role of the international community?

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Activism | Asian | Human Rights
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