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-- free speech, belief, assembly and the press;
-- respect for human rights, dignity, equality, and freedom;
-- republicanism, democracy and constitutionalism; and
-- for China to move in these directions, but not as fully as misreported.
In fact, Liu and other drafters endorse China's ruling interests, advocating improved, but limited freedoms, to prevent a potential social eruption. The Charter warned about protests and strikes "becoming more militant and raising the possibility of a violent conflict of disastrous proportions."
(4) Because of its growing economic strength and independence, China-bashing, opposition group backing, and saber rattling try pressuring Beijing to be more pro-Western and subservient. Though ineffective and counterproductive, it continues.
For example, years of arm-twisting hasn't gotten Beijing to weaken its currency nor should it. Currently, just the opposite is practiced by its expanding its money supply at a 20% annual rate to prevent appreciation, despite intense Western efforts to encourage strengthening.
China knows how the 1985 Plaza Accord affected Japan. After 1989, the stronger yen toppled equities and real estate valuations, causing two decades of deflationary stagnation, what China is determined to avoid.
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