What are other rights abuses in China?
Authorities continue to greet rising social unrest – marked at times by violent confrontation between protesters and police – with strict controls on the press, the internet, academics, lawyers, and nongovernmental organizations. The Chinese government also violates the fundamental rights of its citizens through widespread use of the death penalty, restrictions on freedom of expression and religion and widespread violations of labor rights. Strict internet and media censorship is enforced by government agencies and the largest internet police in the world. In Tibet, expressions of support for the exiled Dalai Lama and suspicion of “separatist” activities routinely result in the imprisonment of Tibetans, many of them Buddhist monks and nuns. In March 2008, the Chinese government’s harsh crackdown on protests in the Tibetan Autonomous Region met with worldwide condemnation and renewed calls for a boycott of the Beijing Games. The Muslim Uighur minority in Xinjiang province is also subjec
