China’s security authorities charged two foreign nationals in January this year for their alleged involvement in anti-Chinese government activities that includes spying and stealing military secrets, and setting up illegal organization endangering China's national security.
Canadian National Indicted for Spying China's State Secrets
In the first case, Kevin Garratt, a Canadian national, was indicted on January 28 for his alleged involvement in spying and stealing China's state secrets, especially information related to military installations near the Dandong city located in northeast China's Liaoning Province.,
"The Canadian citizen Kevin Garratt, suspected of spying and stealing Chinese state secrets, has been indicted," Hua Chunying, China’s foreign
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But China denied these claims by saying that case has no religious motivations.
"He was indicted because of spying and stealing Chinese state secrets, it has nothing to do with his religion," Hua said.
Kevin Garratt, will face the legal proceedings under China’s criminal laws in Dandong Intermediate People's Court.
Expulsion of Swedish national for anti-China campaigns
In the second case, a Swedish national named Peter Jesper Dahlin was expelled from China on January 27 for his alleged involvement in endangering China’s national security through anti-state activities such as running, funding and training the staff of an organization alleged for staging anti-China protests in 2014.
Dahlin, 35-year-old, was arrested at the Beijing airport on January 3 before flying to Thailand.
Police after investigation said two staff members of a foreign funded NGO named "China emergency rights aid group" were working on the mission given to them by western anti-China forces “for organizing smear campaigns, fanning anti-government and anti-Party sentiment, and deceiving people to disrupt state and social order, thus, changing the social system of
China's record of human rights violations is long and mind-boggling. Atrocities such as purging tens of millions of people during the Cultural Revolution, its infamous one-child-per-couple Population Policy, persistent oppression of Tibet and the bloody June 4 massacre at Tienanmen Square in 1989 have given the Chinese government a reputation of having little respect for human life. And yet, despite its tarnished record, China maintains its Most Favoured Nation trade status with the US and is one of Canada's top ten recipients of bilateral trade. As supposed supporters of human rights, Canadian and US governments have developed hypocritical attitudes toward China, compromising ethical values for material gain. Instead, North American nations should restrict aid and trade with China to programs that can be used to encourage social reforms.
Ronald William Pelton, Sold Secret Information About the NSA to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republic. In doing this act of Espionage Mr. Pelton was caught and sent to Prison for three concurrent sentences and one ten year sentence for the act of Espionage and conspiracy toward the United States.
(NSA), had elevated security clearance and access highly sensitive information. At the present time, the amount of unreleased content in Snowden’s possession is unknown. After the leaks made by Poitras and Greenwald, the U.S. Justice Department charged Snowden with espionage, or “the practice of spying or using spies to obtain information about the plans and activities especially of a foreign government or a competing company.”8 After Snowden met Greenwald and Poitras in Hong Kong, he later flew to Moscow, where the Kremlin has granted Snowden temporary renewable asylum for one year.
Everyday people in China are suffering from their government. From being wrongly accused to being executed for petty crimes. In a country where you cannot speak your opinions, talk poorly about government officials, speak about Chinese communist failures, or even browse the internet freely. China has kept its citizens in the void. One example is the great firewall of china, which sensors most social media and other sites. This essay will go into some individual stories of the Chinese government's unfair social injustices towards its people.
China censors a variety of things. Most of the time it is negative things about the government, but it could also be about safety issues, killings, and some specific medical issues. China is very paranoid about the United Nations because they are concerned about Human Rights. If any information on the Central Propaganda Department's rules is released in anyway, then the government will attempt and most likely succeed in prosecuting the person. Posting about any type of Human Right violation will get the poster into a lot of trouble. A lot of the time the purpose of the censorship is to prevent panic, reduce protests, and try to not let other countries get involved. If a few people insult the government online nothing big happens, but if a larger group does that then the government will get involved. China doesn't just censor, but also they add things that make them look better. Sometimes they take over a website and change the content to the exact opposite. When there is a change within the government, monitoring increases and laws become more strict. On the contrary, during the Olympics, censorship and monitoring levels decrease due to all the tourists and all the publicity.
The United States government feared that a sizable number of the Chinese living in America could be convinced by the Red china back then. The U.S government then took the Chinese immigr...
A principle aspect of democracy is that the rulers are accountable to the ruled. The people must be engage with the political system. China is gradually gaining this engagement within its citizens instead of repressing it. This has occurred with the help of new media, and cellphones, which limited the Chinese government ability to oversee its citizens and what information they had access to. In May of 2007, citizens were outraged over the construction of a chemical plant. With the assistance of cellphones, they were able to voice their concerns to mass quantities quickly, and started a peaceful protest, and although many deemed the protest illegal, the government did nothing to stop it (Thornton 10). They allowed their citizens use their voices, and showed the government that they do have the
He was arrested at airport just before he was to leave the country after five-day tour. The trip was organized by a China-based travel company
China is a communist country, whose citizens face many difficult situations while trying to fight for their human rights. According to the “Freedom Rankings” from the database CountryWatch, China is not a free country. Specifically, the Political Rights and Civil Liberties are in their maximum numbers; this means that these rights are confiscated from the people. Therefore, freedoms of press, expression, speech, religion, and movement are all severely limited in China. The government has also kept a close watch on art in China.
...ed in front of the U.S. House of Representative’s Committee on International Relations … to testify regarding business operations in China” (Wilson).
One of the ethical challenges Google has faced in China is the frequent cyber-attacks that have been orchestrated by the Chinese government. In the article, Justin and Anna reveals that Google and
While the international illegal arms trade is nothing new it has recently suffered some serious setbacks. A key player, who was known to supply small arms, as well as ordinance, and vehicles, was apprehended March 2008 in Thailand by the Thai Royal Police. On August 2010, after months of legal judo and letters back and forth from the Secretary of State and Congress, one of the biggest players in the illegal arms trade was extradited to the United States of America to stand trial for conspiracy to provide material support or resources to a designated foreign terrorist organization, conspiring to kill Americans, conspiring to kill American officers or employees, conspiring to acquire and use anti-aircraft missile, illegal purchase of aircraft, wire fraud, and money laundering.
China's Foreign Policy Since the initial warming of U.S.-China relations in the early 1970’s, policymakers have had difficulty balancing conflicting U.S. policy concerns in the People’s Republic of China. In the strange world of diplomacy between the two, nothing is predictable. From Nixon to Clinton, presidents have had to reconcile security and human rights concerns with the corporate desire for expanded economic relations between the two countries. Nixon established ties with Mao Zedong’s brutal regime in 1972. And today, Clinton’s administration is trying to influence China’s course from within a close economic and diplomatic relationship.
Rosenthal, Elisabeth. "China Lists Controls To Restrict the Use Of E-mail and Web." The New York Times, 27 January 2000. Retrieved 26 April 2004.
Interests: China’s leaders desire to improve their nation’s economy while preserving political stability. They want to censor political discussions to prevent “westernization” of China,