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Congressional Research Service, “U.S.-Funded Assistance Programs in China,” April 22, 2011
April 22, 2011
Thomas Lum wrote this report.
PRC State Council, Human Rights Record of the United States in 2010, April 8, 2011
April 8, 2011
China's Information Office of the State Council, or cabinet, published a report titled "The Human Rights Record of the United States in 2010".
Wu Bangguo, 2011 Report on the Work of the National People’s Congress, March 10, 2011
March 10, 2011
The following is the full text of the Report on the Work of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), which was delivered by Chairman Wu Bangguo of the NPC Standing Committee on March 10, 2011 for review at the Fourth Session of the 11th NPC and adopted on March 14, 2011.
Ambassador Huntsman Urges Chinese Government To Release Xue Feng
February 18, 2011
American ambassador to China, Jon Huntsman, called for geologist Dr. Xue to be freed. “Now that the Chinese legal system has ruled, I believe the time has come for Dr. Xue, who has already been detained for two and a half years, to be released,” Mr. Huntsman said in a statement. “I urge the Chinese authorities to take into account the long ordeal he has suffered and in the spirit of justice allow him to be returned home and be reunited with his family.”
Gary Locke, "Remarks to US-China Business Council," January 13, 2011
January 13, 2011
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke spoke in Washington, D.C. a few days prior to the visit of Chinese President Hu Jintao.
U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, "Hearing: China’s Information Control Practices and the Implications for the United States," June 30, 2010
June 30, 2010
This hearing was conducted by the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission on June 30, 2010. The U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission was created by the U.S. Congress in 2000 to monitor, investigate, and submit to Congress an annual report on the national security implications of the economic relationship between the United States and the People’s Republic of China.
China-Taiwan Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA), June 29, 2010
June 29, 2010
English translation of the milestone agreement between Taiwan and China.
U.S. Department of State, 2009 Human Rights in Taiwan, March 11, 2010
March 11, 2010
This report is produced annually by the State Department's Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor.
Congressional Research Service, “Understanding China’s Political System,” December 31, 2009
December 31, 2009
The Congressional Research Service provides a review of China's political system.
U.S. Congressional-Executive Commission on China, "Annual Report 2009," October 10, 2009
October 10, 2009
The Commission Chair is Senator Byron L. Dorgan (D-ND) and the Cochairman is Representative Sander M. Levin (D-MI). The report includes a list of 1,279 political prisoners in China.
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