Human Rights in ChinaOne of the first things that comes to mind about human rights in China would most likely be the Square Massacre Tiananmen, during which in 1989 hundreds of student protesters lost their lives at the hands of the People's Party. Republic of China. The bloodied body of a dead student was removed from the street immediately after the Tiananmen Square crackdown on June 4, 1989. Web page http://www.rjgeib.com/thoughts/china/china.htmlThe name People's Republic of China seems to contradict its meaning. If indeed its name is the People's Republic of China, why has it massacred peaceful protesters with tanks and machine guns? But the Chinese government claims that this force was necessary to maintain national order (Muzhi Zhu). The People's Republic of China (PRC) is actually an authoritarian state in which the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is the main source of power. At the national and regional levels, party members occupy almost all the highest positions in government, the police and the army. The authority of the country rests with the members of the Politburo (China National Report on Human Rights Practices for 1999). The CCP emphasizes that it must maintain stability and social order. The government's poor human rights record in 1999 shows how the government has stepped up its efforts to repress its 1.27 billion people. The repression against a newly formed opposition party, which began in the fall of 1998, widened and intensified during the year. By the end of 1998, almost all of the Chinese Democratic Party's (CDP) top leaders were serving long prison sentences or in detention without any formal charges, and only a handful of members nationwide dared to remain publicly active ( China Country Report). on human rights practices during 1...... middle of paper ...... when they fight for their freedom. As Czechoslovakian Democrat Tomas G. Masaryk said for nearly 50 years in totalitarian Central Europe: “Dictators always look good. until the last minutes."Bibliography:BibliographiesAmnesty International. "China, no one is safe". Ed. Edwin J. Feulner, Jr. New York, NY. 1996.Amnesty International. "China, human rights violations 'Man: Prisoners of Conscience and the Death Penalty in the People's Republic of China'. Ed William Meyers. London, United Kingdom 1994. China Country Report on Human Rights Practices for 1999. Office for Democracy, Human Rights man and labor. February 25, 2000. United States Department of State. March 18, 2000Jingsheng Wei. "What to do about China" without publication date or sponsor. man in China", June 25, 1997. Chinese Embassy. March 17 2000.