To be honest I really don't see that much lack of human rights here. What I see is a law abiding cpommunities. Everyone knows thier place and acts appropiately here.
Shark, it's like a lot of things, you got to know where to look.
What you have written sort of makes me laugh.
It reminds me of some old white anglo saxon protestant guy, all dressed up in his sunday suit, with his short back and sides, and he's saying to himself, I've never had any problems with police brutality.
Well you're not going to have any problems are you?
You're there having a good time, you're not sticking your nose into anyones business, and so there's no reason why human rights is going to become a problem for you.
You're a really smart guy in a lot of ways, so I'm not having a go at you. I've learned a whole heap of stuff from you.
When I go there in a few months I'm not making a fuss either. I pull my head in. I encourage all the brothers to do the same. Talking about politics and human rights in China is something that isn't going to help your cause (whatever it is) a whole lot.
I don't pretend there's a whole lot of stuff that has gone on, that continues to go on, that it isn't real ugly - but I know it's not something I can do anything about.
If you want to do something about it, donate to Amnesty International, but when you're visiting keep the three monkeys in mind: see nothing, hear nothing and say nothing *laughs*