China Constitutional Rights Essay

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Abused Constitutional Rights by the Chinese Government The Chinese government abuses the legal process and ignores many fundamental human rights of its citizens. This is evidenced by the underrepresentation of women by their government, citizens’ religious lives being controlled, and censorship of freedom of speech granted to their citizens in their constitution. The Chinese government restricts the human rights of its citizens to protect their image from being damaged. Female activists face unlawful detainment by China’s police force, without having concrete evidence against them. Feminist activists were arrested for planning a protest in Beijing against sexual harassment. When these activists were arrested, they were not treated under the …show more content…

A quarter of China’s Communist Party members are women, and they do not have a major role. China’s politburo consists of mostly men and very few women. The politburo holds almost all the power in China, which demonstrates that women do not have much say in China’s government. The Central Military Affairs Commission consists of no women and they have the final say on everything relating to the People’s Liberation Army (“How China is Ruled” 1-5). Women want more help from their government but they can not get it since the government is made of mostly …show more content…

The Chinese government took no responsibility for the deaths that occurred in the Tiananmen Square Massacre. The Tiananmen Square Massacre was a pro-democracy movement in 1989 which involved the killing of 500 to 2,600 Chinese citizens by the Chinese government. Nothing is taught in schools and kids know very little of the massacre. Any citizen that even speaks of this massacre is either arrested or placed under house arrest. The Chinese government does not want anyone to know the full truth about this incident because it makes the Chinese government look horrible (MacLeod 1-2). The government denies their involvement in this massacre to protect their image, which is based on a

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