{"id":22343,"date":"2008-07-31T17:32:04","date_gmt":"2008-08-01T00:32:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=22343"},"modified":"2008-07-31T17:32:04","modified_gmt":"2008-08-01T00:32:04","slug":"us-house-of-representatives-passes-china-human-rights-resolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2008\/07\/us-house-of-representatives-passes-china-human-rights-resolution\/","title":{"rendered":"US House of Representatives Passes China Human Rights Resolution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/08\/01\/sports\/olympics\/01dissidents.html?_r=1&scp=9&sq=china&st=cse&oref=slogin\">From The New York Times<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>In response to President Bush\u2019s meeting with prominent Chinese dissidents at the White House, Beijing on Thursday sharply condemned Washington for interfering in China\u2019s domestic affairs and accused American legislators of politicizing the Olympics.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after Mr. Bush held talks Tuesday with the five dissidents \u2014 Harry Wu, Wei Jingsheng, Rebiya Kadeer, Sasha Gong and Bob Fu \u2014 the U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution urging China to honor its pledge to improve human rights before the Games, which begin Aug. 8. The resolution passed 419 to 1.<\/p>\n<p>During a news conference Thursday, Liu Jianchao, a Foreign Ministry spokesman, described the House measure as \u201codious conduct\u201d and said the United States should stop \u201cmaking use of so-called religious and human rights\u201d issues to score political points, Agence France-Presse reported.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/frwebgate4.access.gpo.gov\/cgi-bin\/waisgate.cgi?WAISdocID=550230476281+2+0+0&WAISaction=retrieve\">Read the full text of Resolution 1370 here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From The New York Times: In response to President Bush\u2019s meeting with prominent Chinese dissidents at the White House, Beijing on Thursday sharply condemned Washington for interfering in China\u2019s domestic affairs and accused American legislators of politicizing the Olympics. 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