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Essay / Case Study: The Triangular Relationship - 2772
Amuru SerikyakuProfessor Conteh-MorganINR 493April 15, 2013The Triangular Relationship: The PRC's Internal Security Apparatus, Human Rights Organizations, and Sino-China Relations On June 4, 1989, the People's Republic of China shocked the world when Deng Xiaoping, then "supreme leader" of the CCP-controlled state, ordered the massacre of thousands of demonstrators demonstrating for greater freedoms in Tiananmen Square . Deng Xiaoping and State Council Premier Li Peng defended the intransigent action as a threat to the political order and stability of the nation. The international response to the incident was largely condemnatory; The forty-sixth session of the Commission on Human Rights found the CCP's suppression of the protest to be a massive violation of human rights, and many countries followed suit by adopting economic sanctions policies. and diplomatic. The United States, under President George HW Bush, sought to suspend military technology exchange contracts with the PRC and used its international clout to impose penalties on loans through the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank. The CCP's alleged violation of human rights has had disastrous political-economic consequences, leading to an increase in Chinese defense spending from 8.6% to 15.5% and a drop of half a billion dollars tourism income. Through the example of the Tiananmen Square incident, we can see how the PRC's use of its domestic security apparatus, the force behind the CCP's internal stability measures, can challenge international norms of human rights established by human rights organizations and affect China-US diplomatic and diplomatic relations. economic relations accordingly. Throughout this research paper I will point out......in the middle of the paper......the desperation of the people for democracy? This will most likely change the nature of human rights in China, as democratic regimes have traditionally had a greater human rights record. Perhaps the entire notion of human rights will undergo a fundamental shift if the perspective shifts from a Western to an Eastern perspective as the balance of power shifts with the emergence of Chinese hegemony? This article analyzes Sino-American relations in relation to a single variable: human rights. In many cases, particularly in realist diplomacy, the advancement of human rights does not take precedence over economic interests and the geopolitical balance of power between nations. In the future, it would be useful to analyze the effect that these two additional variables would have in the context of Sino-US relations. That said, human rights play an extremely important role