Previously, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman, Hua Chunying, expressed that China opposed the United States using sanctions to target other countries’ citizens based on their own domestic laws.
By Aaron Kesel
In light of the recent Florida shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School that killed 17 people and injured 14, the Chinese state-run newspaper Global Times has encouraged the U. S. government in a propaganda piece to “genuinely protect human rights” by restricting guns to its citizens like China does, Reuters reported .
“Washington has been pointing an accusing finger at other countries over human rights… However, more Americans have been killed by gunfire in the country than American soldiers being killed in all U. S. wars,” the Global Times wrote.
“Gun ownership in China is strictly regulated, which helps reduce gun-related crimes and deaths. The U. S. should learn from China and genuinely protect human rights,” the Global Times added.
“The U. S. has no other choice but to adopt gun control. The right of life is the most fundamental (of) human rights. The right to bear arms cannot overpower the individual’s right to live,” the Global Times concluded.
This advice comes from a communist country where they have spikes on the ground for the homeless. So tell me how spikes are a “right of life?”
Besides showing disregard for the poor, President Xi Jinping’s administration has seen a sweeping crackdown on lawyers and activists over the past few years, enacting new laws under the guise of “national security” since Xi Jinping took power in 2012.
Among those, there have been nearly 250 targeted individuals who were questioned or detained by state security agents following the unprecedented government crackdown on human rights lawyers and other activists that started in July 2015; nine were convicted of “subverting state power,” “inciting subversion of state power” or “picking quarrels and provoking trouble,” according to Amnesty.
