| Next let us
compare how India is treated relative to that of China, a communist dictatorship, whereas
India is a democracy. China has long held the most favored nation trading status
with the United State, in spite of the Tienanmen massacre in Peking a few years ago.
Anti-Chinese attitudes are seldom found in the press. Chinese are seldom criticized for militancy and no real action is taken against
them even though they sell weapons of mass destruction and nuclear technology to other
countries and have had an ongoing campaign of genocide of the people of Tibet. Why China
treated differently than India? It appears also to be potential economic gain, as well as
fear of China's size and power.
It is curious to note how humanitarian issues follow
economic imperatives and that countries which are economically valuable can be easily
excused for their violations of human rights, while countries that have little economic
importance can be either ignored or denigrated. |
