FOREIGN Minister Bob Carr has urged China to press ahead with legal and political reform as the nation plays an increasingly important role in the world.
DHARAMSHALA, July 28: The United States has said that it would seek improvements in China’s human rights record, including its treatment of ethnic minorities, during talks on human rights next week.
A man who was told by officials they couldn't register his fourth child because he didn't pay a penalty for breaking China's family planning laws stabbed to death two government workers and injured four others, state media and an official said.
Footage of police trying to subdue the man outside a family planning office in southern China's Guangxi region while he still brandished a machete was widely available on Chinese news websites and shared on social media Wednesday.
A new Freedom House report found that Internet controls have increased under China's new leadership. As a result, it is more difficult for Internet users to conceal their identities or bypass censorship controls through using circumvention tools. This increased surveillance has made it significantly easier for Chinese authorities to identify and arrest political dissidents.
In its 2013 annual report on human trafficking, the US State Department classified China as a tier-3 country for human trafficking, meaning that it is among the countries with the highest rates of human trafficking in the world. Other tier-3 countries include Iran, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Libya, and Sudan.
The report blames China's gender imbalance for the high rate of sex trafficking in the country.
The report said the following about China's status as a tier-3 country: