Joel Hefley: “China has a continuing legacy of human rights violations and oppression which cannot be ignored. Year after year we have…”

“China has a continuing legacy of human rights violations and oppression which cannot be ignored. Year after year we have been told, ``Give most-favored-nation status to China and their government will be forced to reform.'' We heard that during the Bush years. We hear it during the Clinton years. Let us look at the score card a little bit. We gave most-favored-nation status and they continue their policy of population planning with forced abortion. We gave most-favored-nation status and they continue not to tolerate any dissent of any kind; the imprisonments, the torture, and the killings go on. It was reported in the beginning of May that Chinese police cut off a villager's tongue after he was detained for writing anti-corruption slogans on a communist party office building. We gave most-favored-nation status and they continue to try to stamp out any religion that is not state-supported religion. ``In February, the family of 60-year-old Chen Zixiu, a Falun Gong follower, were asked to collect her body from a police station in Shandong province where she had been detained for four days. Her body was covered with bruises, her teeth were broken and there was blood coming out of her ears. She was arrested on suspicion of planning to go to Beijing to petition the authorities against the banning of the Falun Gong.'' We gave most-favored-nation status and their policy of cultural genocide in Tibet continues.”