Walking a tightrope : defending human rights in China / Gert Holmgaard Nielsen.

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Nielsen, Gert Holmgaard [author.]

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Original language: Danish Series: Asia insights (Nordic Institute of Asian Studies) ; 6.Publisher: Copenhagen, Denmark : NIAS Press, 2014Description: 1 online resource (xxxii, 277 pages) : illustrations, mapContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9788776946784
8776946789

Uniform titles:

Balancegang. English

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Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Walking a tightrope.DDC classification:

323.0951 23

LOC classification:

JC599.C6 N54 2014eb

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Contents:

Democracy? : of course! -- The tightrope walker -- Public interest litigation -- A war of words -- Half the sky -- Legal minefields -- The black children -- Risky proceedings -- Human rights in practice.

Summary: How do Chinese people defend human rights in China without going to jail? How can they seek justice without the state hitting back at them? The human rights situation in China is not without its challenges but even so the last decades have seen marked improvements. Even so, much of the international attention on the issue is focused on human rights violations and the suppression of dissent; it is rare to find accounts of people inside China working on human rights who are not being harassed or put into jail. In what is probably the first Western book to see the Chinese human rights issue solely from a Chinese perspective, "Walking a Tightrope" gives voice to nine Chinese human rights defenders, describing their challenges, setbacks and progress - defending human rights, Chinese style

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Originally published in Danish (Copenhagen : Frydenlund, 2010); updated and translated into English.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

How do Chinese people defend human rights in China without going to jail? How can they seek justice without the state hitting back at them? The human rights situation in China is not without its challenges but even so the last decades have seen marked improvements. Even so, much of the international attention on the issue is focused on human rights violations and the suppression of dissent; it is rare to find accounts of people inside China working on human rights who are not being harassed or put into jail. In what is probably the first Western book to see the Chinese human rights issue solely from a Chinese perspective, "Walking a Tightrope" gives voice to nine Chinese human rights defenders, describing their challenges, setbacks and progress - defending human rights, Chinese style

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