Excerpted from TVOntario's The Agenda with Steve Paikin:
The political fallout of a painful recession: what happens when the money starts drying up? Part II of The Agenda's special look at China and the global economic crisis.
Guests:
Gordon Chang, columnist at Forbes.com.
Bernie Frolic, professor emeritus at York University.
Sharon Hom, executive director of Human Rights in China.
Cheng Li, director of research with the John L. Thornton China Cente at the Brookings Institution.
Jeremy Paltiel, professor in the Department of Political Science at Carleton University.
To view the discussion, visit the program website and click on "Listen to Podcast."
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For more information on this issue:
- Human Rights in China, China Rejects UN Recommendations for Substantive Reform to Advance Human Rights; HRIC Summary, February 11, 2009
- Human Rights in China, China's UN Human Rights Review: New Process, Old Politics, Weak Implementation Prospects, February 9, 2009
- Human Rights in China, Chinese Authorities Continue to Suppress Charter 08; Number of Signers Exceeds 7,200, January 9, 2009
- Human Rights in China, Independent Scholars Detained: Start of 2009 Crackdown?, December 9, 2008