Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2010-09-21-Speech-2-081"

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dcterms:Date	"2010-09-21"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:EU-China summit on 6 October 2010 (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"fi"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20100921.4.2-081"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2010-09-21-Speech-2-0822
lpv:speaker	lp:Heidi Hautala2
lpv:spokenAs	chair; DROI (2009-07-20--2011-06-21)3 unknown; Vihreä liitto (2009-07-14--2011-06-21)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2009-09-16--2011-06-21)3 member; G/EFA (2009-07-14--2011-06-21)3 member; Conference of Committee Chairs (2009-07-20--2011-06-21)3 substitute; Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly (2010-03-11--2011-06-21)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees, and for relations with Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia (2009-09-16--2011-06-21)3 substitute; LIBE (2009-07-16--2011-06-21)3 member; AFET (2009-07-16--2011-06-21)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, it has been very noticeable recently how perplexed the European Union has been by China’s growing power. This is also reflected in our human rights dialogue. I would like to say that the human rights dialogue which we have engaged in with China is in some sort of crisis, one that we need to find solutions to. I would like to draw attention to the fact that the Prime Minister of this ever stronger player in world politics very recently said that the economic achievements in China might go to waste unless there are political reforms. He went so far as to say that citizens should have the right of access to information, they should have the right to participate in decision making, they should have the right to make their views known, and they should also be able to monitor governmental power. I would like these issues to be discussed again seriously at the EU­China summit. As we are always hearing from representatives of China that the country operates in accordance with the needs of the majority, we must be able to show that some brave individuals, quite a few of whom are now in prison because of their views, are, in fact, the very people who speak up for the majority of the people, as they bring the abuses that are going on to everyone’s attention. These include the milk scandal, the poorly built schools and the HIV/aids scandal. In this way, we could perhaps establish a new human rights dialogue with China. We might also acknowledge that there have been some positive reforms in China’s judicial system and that torture is being disapproved of more and more. This could be a way to get to grips with this serious problem. We should also point out that quite recently in China, there has been a reduction in the number of crimes that carry the death penalty. All this gives us greater reason to continue a robust human rights dialogue with China."@en1
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