Tom Lantos: “I strongly support this important resolution, and I urge all of my colleagues to do so as well. Mr. Speaker, the litany…”

“I strongly support this important resolution, and I urge all of my colleagues to do so as well. Mr. Speaker, the litany of human rights abuses conducted by the Chinese government on its own citizens is nothing new to Members of this House. This resolution, however, calls our attention to a case where China's complete disregard for human rights and the rule of law has been brought to new heights. Having completely suppressed dissent at home, the Chinese government has actually begun kidnapping Chinese dissidents abroad to be brought to China for persecution. In June, 2002, Dr. Wang Bingzhang, a permanent resident of the United States and the leader in the overseas Chinese democracy movement, was in Vietnam to meet with Chinese labor leaders. Dr. Wang was kidnapped from Vietnam, forced over the border into China, and eventually jailed by the Chinese government. He was held incommunicado for 6 months while the Chinese authorities denied that they knew anything about his fate.”