The Status of Democracy and Human Rights in China Today

The Status of Democracy and Human Rights in China Today
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The Status of Democracy and Human Rights in China Today
Introduction
China is described by Wasserstrom and Esherick (2018) as one of the authoritarian states across the globe as it has systematically instituted policies and regulatory frameworks aimed at demeaning its people from proper access to certain fundamental human rights such as the freedoms of religion, expression, and assembly. According to Chen and Kinzelbach (2015), the government institutes such a harsh position with the view that the move to avail its citizens with utmost democracy and an environment that allows for total practice of these human rights would act as a source of threat to the country's one-party rule. However, Blackwill and Tellis (2015) explain that since the inception of the current government in 2013, multiple steps have been advanced to protect certain fundamental human rights. The authorities have undertaken positive developments in fostering the eradication of the traditional system of arbitrary detention that was popularly referred to as Re-education Through Labor (RTL), instilling multiple adjustments to the hokou scheme of household registration that has been influential in demeaning the state's internal migrants and internally displaced persons of essential social services and allowing persons with disability to have greater access to the most significant university entry examinations.
Despite the fact that the Chinese government has remained restrictive to the issues of positive criticism from democratic quotas such as the media, whistleblowers, and lawyers, multiple efforts have been advanced to limit the conventional assaults on basic human rights. According to Chen and Kinzelbach (2015), the current government has imposed multiple extraordinary attacks against the agencies that emerge to fight for basic human rights. Wasserstrom and Esherick (2018) explain that as such ferocities heighten in the course of the constitutionally stipulated period of leadership of the current government; there are tendencies that it will rule until 2023. Chen and Kinzelbach (2015) demystify that the government imposes threats on media outlets, lecturers, scholars and members of political institutions on the need to foster the “correct” viewpoints put forth by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The researchers explain that the threats take the form of directives warning against the jeopardies associated with gaining awareness of certain “universal standards” as well as human rights by insisting on the importance of ensuring that the citizenry is dogmatically instilled with a pro-CPP stance. The current study seeks to undertake a critical analysis of the Status of democracy and human rights in China today by reviewing the detrimental role of the government in hindering proper institutionalization of human rights defenders and the challenges facing foreign players in their efforts of promoting democracy in this single party state.
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