The Chinese government, responding to President Bush's speech of yesterday:
"The Chinese government puts people first, and is dedicated to maintaining and promoting its citizens basic rights and freedom," Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said in response to Bush's speech. "Chinese citizens have freedom of religion. These are indisputable facts." He said China advocates discussions on differing views on human rights and religions on "a basis of mutual respect and equality," then indicated it didn't see Bush's criticism in that light. "We firmly oppose any words or acts that interfere in other countries' internal affairs, using human rights and religion and other issues," Qin said."
1] China's human rights record, available, to all, speaks volumes. 2] Furthermore, China's well-documented record of spying on the U.S. government and military makes a mockery of the notion that China opposes "interfering" in others' affairs.
By the way, we discussed Bush's speech of yesterday here.
