EXCLUSIVE ARTICLES BY ACTIVISTS AND ACADEMICS

Several prominent thinkers published their views on The China Debate, a forum about the legacy the Beijing Olympics is leaving for human rights in China.

The writers include Chinese academic Jiao Guobiao, who says he was forced to leave his teaching position in Beijing University for being critical about the government’s media censorship; Dr Kerry Brown from London’s Chatham House, which is known for its rigorous independent research and analysis of international affairs; Dr Andrew J Nathan who is a professor at Columbia University and has done work for human rights organizations such as Human Rights In China and Human Rights Watch; and Bikram Jeet Batra, an Indian lawyer and researcher specializing in the death penalty.

Sample their articles with the excerpts below:

China and Human Rights
Dr Kerry Brown
"In the last 15 years, the government of the People’s Republic of China has also engaged in debate about the state of human rights in China. At times this has been a hard, combative dialogue, either between China and the United States, or China and the European Union…"
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Medals and Rights
Dr Andrew J Nathan
"Few foreign visitors to Beijing will see — but surely few can be unaware of — the state repression that is as integral to the contemporary Chinese model as urban monumentalism, social conformity, and state-managed sports…"
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Understanding The Stagnation Of China’s Press Freedom
Jiao Guobiao
"Is the development of China’s press freedom stagnant? The answer is, of course, yes. It not only seriously lags behind that of the democratic world, but is also far behind the country’s economic and social development. .."
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The views expressed in these articles belong to the writers and unless specifically stated are not those of Amnesty International.