Racial Discrimination

UN Experts Report on China’s Implementation of International Obligation to Respect, Protect, and Ensure Rights of Ethnic Minorities and Other Vulnerable Groups

tw — Thu, 30 Aug 2018 22:53:12 +0000

August 30, 2018

UN Experts Report on China’s Implementation of International Obligation to Respect, Protect, and Ensure Rights of Ethnic Minorities and Other Vulnerable Groups

Statement

Racial Discrimination

In a report issued today, a UN committee of independent experts detail numerous concerns over the adequacy of the Chinese government’s efforts in implementing its treaty obligations under the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD) to respect and...

Taming Tibet: Landscape Transformation and the Gift of Chinese Development – A Book Review by Jonathan Mirsky

tw — Wed, 25 Jun 2014 19:38:52 +0000

July 25, 2014

Taming Tibet: Landscape Transformation and the Gift of Chinese Development – A Book Review by Jonathan Mirsky

China Rights Forum

Book Review

This book’s sub-title hints at Emily T. Yeh’s main point: Tibet is being transformed by the Chinese occupation, which Beijing maintains is an act of generosity, even a gift, while Tibetans experience the occupation as oppression. This gives rise to one of Ms. Yeh’s propositions drawn from the...

Good intentions create a legal mess

noc — Tue, 24 Jul 2001 07:00:00 +0000

July 24, 2001

Good intentions create a legal mess

China Rights Forum

Government Accountability

Hong Kongs record on race discrimination under review In arguing for comprehensive legislation outlawing racial discrimination in Hong Kong, a UN committee blundered into the sensitive territory of the division of responsibility between the Hong Kong government and Beijing under one country, two...

Formalistic cooperation

noc — Mon, 23 Jul 2001 07:00:00 +0000

July 23, 2001

Formalistic cooperation

China Rights Forum

Government Accountability

Chinas record on racial discrimination under review This summer, the record of the Peoples Republic of China on combating racial discrimination was reviewed by the United Nations. B□TRICE LAROCHE , who attended the meeting, describes the wide range of issues that were discussed at the CERD...

A divided country

noc — Sun, 22 Jul 2001 07:00:00 +0000

July 22, 2001

A divided country

China Rights Forum

Government Accountability

Racial discrimination in the PRC Here we present a summary and excerpts of some sections of a HUMAN RIGHTS IN CHINA (HRIC) report submitted to the United Nations to assist in a review of the PRCs record on racial discrimination. The original report also included a major section on discrimination...

Nationalist Myth-making: The Construction of the Chinese Race

noc — Fri, 27 Apr 2001 04:00:00 +0000

April 27, 2001

Nationalist Myth-making: The Construction of the Chinese Race

China Rights Forum

Ethnic Minorities

Deconstructing the received wisdom that China is home to a homogenous ethnic group with common origins and a shared history, Frank Dikötter argues that an ethnically integrated China is, in fact, a modern invention linked to the rise of nationalism at the end of the nineteenth century.

Unacknowledged prejudice

noc — Thu, 26 Apr 2001 07:00:00 +0000

April 26, 2001

Unacknowledged prejudice

China Rights Forum

Hong Kong

Racial discrimination in Hong Kong Interviews with Hong Kong residents show that racist attitudes and practices are common in the territory, write Christine Loh and Kelley Loper . But the Hong Kong government has consistently refused to consider enacting legislation banning racial discrimination...