Dan Burton: “I strongly oppose MFN for China. My reasons to defeat MFN. human rights Every year since 1980, when President Carter…”

“I strongly oppose MFN for China. My reasons to defeat MFN. human rights Every year since 1980, when President Carter first extended China MFN, supporters have argued that this action will help the United States promote human rights in China. It has failed. State Department's own Country Reports on Human Rights (January 1997) admits: The Chinese Government continued to commit widespread and well-documented human rights abuses, in violation of internationally accepted norms, stemming from the authorities' intolerance of dissent, fear of unrest, and the absence or inadequacy of laws protecting basic freedoms. * * * Overall in 1996, the authorities stepped up efforts to cut off expressions of protest or criticism. And from Clinton's Assistant Secretary for Asia: Frankly, on the human rights front, the situation has deteriorated * * * They're rounding up dissidents, harassing them more. In addition: Over 1,000 forced labor camps; harvest and sale of organs from executed prisoners; forced abortions; and persecution of religious believers. Nongovernment churches are outlawed. Independent worshipers of the government church are harassed and imprisoned. Their house churches are being forcibly closed or destroyed. national security Selling nuclear material, weapons and military technology to rogue states (ex: Iran) Purchased 46 American-made supercomputers which could design nuclear warheads for missiles capable of reaching the United States.”