and in china, there is a shortlist of red button issues you are not allowed to talk about, for example, tibet s independence, xinjiang independence, or hong kong independence. for example, if anyone wanted to declare hong kong as a republic of hong kong, it will be wiped out immediately. it s not part of the freedom or democracy, as we understand in china. but you cannot say that the rest of the system in china is not freedom or human rights. i would make one point without empowering the people, you cannot change china from a very backward country to the second largest economy in the world today. and also, don t forget, the chinese economy is larger than that of the united states today, if you use purchasing power parity, so we are talking about revolutionary change. all right, but the thing is. and don t deny that china has its inner qualities and strengths that maybe some western countries fail
xinjiang independence, or hong kong independence. for example, if anyone wanted to declare hong kong as a republic of hong kong, it will be wiped out immediately. it s not part of the freedom or democracy, as we understand in china. but you cannot say that the rest of the system in china is not freedom or human rights. i would make one point without empowering the people, you cannot change china from a very backward country to the second largest economy in the world today. and also, don t forget, the chinese economy is larger than that of the united states today, if you use purchasing power parity, so we are talking about revolutionary change. all right, but the thing is. and don t deny that china has its inner qualities and strengths that maybe some western countries fail to fully understand. the realfact is and we have this from databases and research done by independent human rights groups that thousands
tibet s independence, xinjiang independence, or hong kong independence. for example, if anyone wanted to declare hong kong as a republic of hong kong, it will be wiped out immediately. it s not part of the freedom or democracy, as we understand in china. but you cannot say that the rest of the system in china is not freedom or human rights. i would make one point without empowering the people, you cannot change china from a very backward country to the second largest economy in the world today. and also, don t forget, the chinese economy is larger than that of the united states today, if you use purchasing power parity, so we are talking about revolutionary change. all right, but the thing is. and don t deny that china has its inner qualities and strengths that maybe some western countries fail to fully understand. the realfact is and we have this from databases and research done by
of certain issues you are not allowed to talk about, for example, tibet s independence, xinjiang independence, or hong kong independence. for example, if anyone wanted to declare hong kong as a republic of hong kong, it will be wiped out immediately. it s not part of the freedom or democracy, as we understand in china. but you cannot say that the rest of the system in china is not freedom or human rights. i would make one point without empowering the people, you cannot change china from a very backward country to the second largest economy in the world today. and also, don t forget, the chinese economy is larger than that of the united states today, if you use purchasing power parity, so we are talking about revolutionary change. all right, but the thing is. and don t deny that china has its inner qualities and strengths that maybe some western countries fail to fully understand. the realfact is
everywhere in the world today has some taboo list. it may differ from one country to another, but don t tell me that there is any country that you have freedom of speech in absolute terms rather than conditional terms, where you have freedom of expression without any conditions to it. no. i would say freedom or human rights all exist not in a vacuum, but relative to rights and obligations. in china, we have our own freedom. we have our own democracy. it s conditioned to circumstances in china. and in china, there is a shortlist of red button issues you are not allowed to talk about, for example, tibet s independence, xinjiang independence, or hong kong independence. for example, if anyone wanted to declare hong kong as a republic of hong kong, it will be wiped out immediately. it s not part of the freedom or democracy, as we understand in china. but you cannot say that the rest