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Tell President Jintao: We'll AVOID BUYING China's Products Until Human Rights IMPROVE In China!!!
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    George Allerton
    Venice, CA
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Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng's illegal detention, escape, and pending relocation to study in America reminds us of human rights issues in China. President Hu Jintao's past visit to the U.S prompted even him to admit that human rights needed to be improved in China. http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=12649258 China is jailing people for speaking their minds, denying religious choice and freedom of speech.

It's the DARK AGES there at times of great societal modernization across the globe. We as consumers can do what President Obama cannot: promise to not buy (or avoid whenever possible) something "made in China" for at least two months. Check the labels, and tell the sales clerk to tell the manager exactly why. "Well, I always avoid buying things made in China, for their human rights, women's rights and environmental abuses."

Signing this petition will send the letter to President Jintao. Can we do it? Can we help make something happen?



 

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President Jintao, Please Improve China's Human Rights, Women's Rights, and Environmental Abuses

Greetings,

Your U.S. visit last week was a notable and hopeful occasion.
Notably we want China to be a BETTER nation, and respect basic human rights.

As such, we will avoid buying things made in China, for two months -- for human rights, women's rights, and environmental abuses. We will always tell sales clerks exactly why we are avoiding the purchase and request they tell their managers.

President Hu, we want China to make the following changes before we buy Chinese products again:

**Improve Human Rights
*Allow more freedom of speech and religion without recrimination.
*Release Nobel Peace Prize Winner Liu Xiaobo from prison immediately, and wife Liu Xia from house arrest.

**Improve Women's Rights
*Uphold the Chinese Constitution for "...equal rights with men in all spheres of life, political, economic, cultural, social, and family life."
*Strengthen and enforce laws against domestic violence, kidnapping and trafficking of women and children

**Improve Environmental Abuses
*Set new 5-Year Plan setting a carbon emissions cap -- and working with America to mutually acceptable binding targets
*Allow verification of China's 20% energy emissions reduction by 2011 accomplishment (as promised to the U.N. in Cancun)

Respect and good wishes are extended to China.
Our goal is to support and improve the well-being and freedom of Chinese citizens, and the betterment of China in the long run.

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