Commentary
Many people ask: what can they possibly do to assist the persecuted in China?
It is not easy. Other nations, let alone ordinary citizens, often seem to have little influence on the behaviour of the Chinese communist regime.
Human rights are ignored and abused; the rule of law is breached; international agreements and norms are flouted; and civil society is spurned.
The regime despises the values expressed in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international covenants and treaties.
Yet it is hypersensitive to an examination of its record, regularly calling any criticism “Western Imperialism” or an “interference with its sovereignty.”…