In two reeducation through labor camps near Beijing. for example. over 800 of the inmates consisted of youths detained for activities during the demonstrations. They were charged with hooliganism and destruction of property and were not included by Chinese authorities in any accounting of detentions in connection with the demonstrations." Even though the PRC officials protest that they have no political prisoners. of 1.1 million inmates in Chinese prisons and reform camps. 5.500 are there for counterrevolutionary crimes. Freedom of speech. selfexpression. emigration. and peaceful assembly are severely restricted. and Chinese students and their families overseas have been threatened with reprisal if they dont stop their political activities. But it is not merely a question of civil and human rights abuses. We have also witnessed Chinas continued proliferation of military technology and weapons of mass destruction to unstable parts of the Third World.
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