Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase its economic and/or diplomatic engagement with the People’s Republic of China


AC Human Rights AT #1—China Improving Human Rights



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2AC Human Rights AT #1—China Improving Human Rights

They say China is improving human rights now, but

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  1. Labor rights are violated creating a chilling effect in the workplace



Lee, 2008 [Daniel, professor of ethics at Augustana College (Illinois) and director of the Augustana Center for the Study of Ethics, “Human Rights and the Ethics of Investment in China”, Spring/Summer, http://www.jstor.org/stable/23562835]
There is no national minimum wage law, though Chinese labor law does al low local governments to mandate minimum wages, provided they are consistent with Ministry of Labor and Social Security regulations. Some local governments have done so, though enforcement of these laws is very uneven.38 Chinese labor law prohibits forced labor. Though the Chinese government denies that forced labor occurs, it has worked to resolve cases in which it is alleged that products made with prison labor have been exported for sale in other countries. Chinese labor law also prohibits child labor (defined as employment of children under the age of sixteen), though reports of child labor are not infrequent.39 For example, family members allege that child Y widely employed at the Lihua Textile Factory in Hebei Province, * reported, five teenage girls living in factory dormitories died of asphyxiation Occupational health and safety continues to be a very serious problem. According to official statistics, in 2006 industrial accidents killed 14,382 workers, though that was 9.4 percent fewer deaths than in the previous year.41 The coal industry accounted for 4,746 fatalities (which is perhaps the reason that the An hui provincial government allows coal miners to have more than one child).42 According to a report issued by Amnesty International, the situation is particularly difficult for rural-to-urban migrants (estimated to number 150 to 200 million) who have moved to China's cities in search of work. Many are denied access to health care and decent housing and do not receive the state benefits available to permanent urban residents. The report states, "They experience discrimination in the workplace, and are routinely exposed to some of the most exploitative conditions of work. [Their] insecure legal status, social isolation, sense of cultural inferiority and relative lack of knowledge of their rights leaves them particularly vulnerable, enabling employers to deny their rights with impunity."43 Wang Yuancheng, a rural-to-urban migrant who experienced a greater degree of success than most migrants, observes, "The lives of migrant workers are miserable. They have to live in makeshift shelters, eat the cheapest bean curd and cabbage. They have no insurance and their wages are often delayed. And most of all, they are discriminated against by urban people."44

  1. Women’s rights are limited



Human Rights Watch, 2014 [Independent human rights organization, “World Report 2014: China”, https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2014/country-chapters/china-and-tibet]
Women’s reproductive rights and access to reproductive health remain severely curtailed under China’s population planning regulations. While the government announced in November that Chinese couples will now be allowed two children if either parent was a single child, the measure does not change the foundations of China’s government-enforced family planning policy, which includes the use of legal and other coercive measures—such as administrative sanctions, fines, and coercive measures, including forced abortion—to control reproductive choices. The government’s punitive crackdowns on sex work often lead to serious abuses, including physical and sexual violence, increased risk of disease, and constrained access to justice for the country’s estimated 4 to 10 million sex workers, most of whom are women. Sex workers have also documented abuses by public health agencies, such as coercive HIV testing, privacy infringements, and mistreatment by health officials. In January, the Supreme People’s Court upheld a death sentence against Li Yan, a woman convicted of murdering her physically abusive husband. Domestic violence is not treated as a mitigating factor in court cases. In May, Ye Haiyan, China’s most prominent sex worker rights activist, was detained by police for several days after being assaulted at her home in Guangxi province over her exposure of abusive conditions in local brothels. Although the government acknowledges that domestic violence, employment discrimination, and gender bias are widespread, it limits the activities of independent women’s rights groups working on these issues by making it difficult for them to register, monitoring their activities, interrogating their staff, and prohibiting some activities.


  1. LGBTQ rights are violated


Human Rights Watch, 2014 [Independent human rights organization, “World Report 2014: China”, https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2014/country-chapters/china-and-tibet]
The Chinese government classified homosexuality as a mental illness until 2001. To date there is still no law protecting people from discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity, which remains common especially in the workplace. Same-sex partnership and marriage are not recognized under Chinese law. In February, a lesbian couple attempted to register at the marriage registry in Beijing but their application was rejected. On May 17, the International Day against Homophobia, Changsha city authorities detained Xiang Xiaohan, an organizer of a local gay pride parade, and held him for 12 days for organizing an “illegal march.” In China, demonstrations require prior permission, which is rarely granted.


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