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CHAPTER 5 DEALS WITH THE GUARANTEE OF THE RIGHT TO WORK, AND MEANS OF SUBSISTENCE, LABOUR PROTECTION AND MEDICAL SERVICES ETC.
CHAPTER 6 DETAILS CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS ON RELIGION
AND STEPS TAKEN TO SUPPORT RELIGIOUS ACTIVITIES. IT DISCUSSES
FOREIGN DOMINATION OF CATHOLIC AND PROTESTANT RELIGIONS BEFORE
1949. IT DOES NOT DEAL WITH RELIGIOUS ACTIVITIES OUTSIDE THE PATRIOTIC CHURCHES. CHAPTER 7 ON MINORITY RIGHTS DESCRIBES INJUSTICES SUFFERED BEFORE 1949 (ESPECIALLY IN TIBET) AND STEPS SINCE TAKEN TO SUPPORT MINORITY RIGHTS AND DEVELOPMENT. CRITICISMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN TIBET ARE NOT ADDRESSED. CHAPTER 8 ON FAMILY PLANNING ADMITS THAT INFANTICIDE STILL OCCURS
BUT SAYS THAT MEASURES HAVE BEEN TAKEN TO PREVENT THIS. ALL FORMS OF FORCED ABORTION ARE OPPOSED. IT CLAIMS THAT SOME PEOPLE DELIBERATELY DISTORT THE FACTS IN ORDER TO INTERFERE IN CHINA'S INTERNAL AFFAIRS. CHAPTER 9 DEALS WITH HUMAN RIGHTS FOR
THE DISABLED.
8. THE FINAL CHAPTER DEALS WITH CHINA'S PARTICIPATION IN
INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVITIES. IT BEGINS BY SAYING THAT
''CHINA RECOGNISES AND RESPECTS THE PURPOSES AND PRINCIPLES OF
THE CHARTER OF THE UNITED NATIONS RELATED TO THE PROTECTION AND PROMOTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS''. IT ARGUES THAT PRIORITY SHOULD BE
GIVEN TO SAFEGUARDING THE RIGHT OF DEVELOPING COUNTRIES TO SUBSISTENCE AND DEVELOPMENT. CHINA IS OPPOSED TO INTERFERENCE IN INTERNAL AFFAIRS ON THE PRETEXT OF HUMAN RIGHTS. IT QUOTES THE FOREIGN MINISTER AT UNGA IN 1986 SAYING THAT 'THE TWO COVENANTS (I.E. ON CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS AND ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS) HAVE PLAYED A POSITIVE ROLE IN REALISING THE PURPOSES AND PRINCIPLES OF THE UN CHARTER CONCERNING RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS. THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT HAS CONSISTENTLY SUPPORTED THESE PURPOSES AND PRINCIPLES''. IT DETAILS CHINA'S PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVITIES AND MAKES AN APPEAL TO THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO ''ATTACH IMPORTANCE TO THE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES' RIGHT TO DEVELOPMENT AND ADOPT POSITIVE AND EFFECTIVE MEASURES TO ELIMINATE INJUSTICE AND UNREASONABLE PRACTICE IN THE WORLD ECONOMIC ORDER'' IT SETS OUT AN ARGUMENT ON THE SUPERIORITY OF THE PRINCIPLES OF SOVEREIGNTY AND NON-INTERFERENCE OVER THE CONCEPT OF UNIVERSAL HUMAN RIGHTS. IT REFERS TO THE UN DECLARATIONS ON THE INADMISSIBILITY OF INTERVENTION IN THE DOMESTIC AFFAIRS OF STATES AND THE PROTECTION OF THEIR INDEPENDENCE AND SOVEREIGNTY, ON PRINCIPLES OF INTERNATIONAL LAW CONCERNING FRIENDLY RELATIONS AND COOPERATION
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