U.S. Gun Violence Draws Scorn in China as a Human Rights Issue
"As a result, civil rights, especially the right to life, were seriously threatened
and people’s personal rights were continuously infringed upon." The Global Times regularly covers gun violence in the United States, publishing a commentary after the deadly shootings at a church in Texas in November and a lengthy analysis after the Orlando, Fla., nightclub killings in 2016.
United States said that In 2016, the U.S. government exercised no effective control over guns,
law enforcement departments abused their power, and crimes were not effectively contained,
The opinion column in The Global Times, which is run by the Communist Party’s People’s Daily Group, said
that after a gunman killed 17 people last week at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., the United States should look to China, which has strict controls on guns.
China’s annual report on human rights in the United States, which it issues in response to the
State Department’s reports on China’s human rights situation, usually mentions gun violence.
23, 2018
HONG KONG — A newspaper controlled by the Communist Party of China criticized the United States for its high level of gun violence, calling it hypocritical
that a country that condemns others over human rights violations is failing to stem such slaughter at home.
" the piece said. that It’s inhumane for the U.S., which boasts about its human rights record, to turn
a blind eye to gun violence, snub increasing calls for gun control and risk more innocent lives,