Today is a Lucky 10000 day for you. We'll start with human rights in China [0] and look at some highlights. (Yes,
every citation is to Wikipedia today. You've earned it.)
* There are millions of people imprisoned in China. Could be as few as 1.5mil, but likelier around 3.5mil, [2] including likely over 1mil in "re-education" concentration camps in the Western region of Xinjiang. [1] By comparison, while the USA's legendarily held the highest per-capita incarceration rate for decades, presumably this is because we are more honest than China about our rates. (Not to mention Russia.) Also, consider this map of incarceration per state in the USA. [3] Thanks, Louisiana.
* The Internet is neither Free nor neutral in China. [4] You can expect not just to be spied upon, but also to have lots of non-Chinese literature removed from your view, and also to face social consequences from your Internet browsing choices. You would already be known as outspoken for your posts, which would not be hidden or pseudonymous, and which would travel through both automated and manually-reviewed filters before being published. Rumor has it that both Russia and China are researching ways to construct their own Internet-like sub-networks and infrastructure so that they can disconnect entirely from the rest of the world.
* A family-and-caste system, hukou [5], is used to systematically deny freedom of movement to the vast majority of Chinese citizens. While the system has experienced reforms since Deng, in the time of Mao, hukou was an oppressive tool, and to this day, one must apply for a permit to move to large cities in Eastern China like Beijing. Worse, if I understand correctly, the hukou permits can be zoned within a metropolitan area, so that one is only permitted to move to certain parts of Beijing. As a reminder, for contrast, the USA has a strong history of legally supporting the right to freedom of movement since 1823 [6], even if we have often failed to ensure those rights. [7]
* The USA has freedom of religion written into the Constitution, in the First Amendment. China does not have freedom of religion. [8] Party members must be atheists. Christians must belong to state-run churches. [11] Tibetan Buddhism is state-managed; lamas must fill out permits for reincarnation [9] and the Panchen Lama has been kidnapped and replaced with a state-chosen impostor. [10] Falun Gong has been systematically persecuted. [12]
* Tibet. [13] Additionally, Hong Kong. [15]
* In more recent fields of human rights: Homosexuality and non-binary sexuality are only recently permitted, within the past few decades, and associated rights like marriage/civil unions are still forthcoming.
* Meta: The Communist Party of China wants to appear to have a unified will. To this end, they tend to allow whatever the Central Committee wants, to promote their ability and right to do whatever they like to the people of China, to dismiss individual human rights as deleterious to the Party and its state, and to concentrate power arbitrarily. Compare and contrast with the USA.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights_in_China
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xinjiang_re-education_camps
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_incarcera...
[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territ...
[4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_censorship_in_the_Peo...
[5] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hukou_system
[6] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corfield_v._Coryell
[7] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redlining
[8] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_religion_in_China
[9] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_Religious_Affairs_Bureau...
[10] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panchen_Lama
[11] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity_in_China#Subdivis...
[12] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organ_harvesting_from_Falun_Go...
[13] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights_in_Tibet
[15] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights_in_Hong_Kong
