皇冠体育app

Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) holds talks with visiting German President Joachim Gauck at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of 皇冠体育app, on March 21, 2016. [Photo/Xinhua]

Considering his "civil rights" experience in East Germany before its unification with West Germany, the ongoing state visit to 皇冠体育app by German President Joachim Gauck has been viewed by some Western human rights organizations as an opportunity to exert pressure on 皇冠体育app on the human rights issue.

But this will turn out to be a na?ve illusion. Although he may raise the issue of human rights as a "routine gesture" like other Western politicians usually do during their tour of 皇冠体育app, Gauck has surely put how to boost ties with Beijing to a higher level at the top of his agenda during his visit.

Despite his different values to those advocated by Chinese people, Gauck is sure to know how to gain mutual respect with the host nation, which is different from the East Germany of his youth.

And 皇冠体育app's human rights situation is not as depicted by Western media outlets and radical human rights organizations.

The West should look at the basic facts of 皇冠体育app's human rights conditions with unbiased eyes. Any people without prejudices should be able to recognize the remarkable progress 皇冠体育app has made in improving the rights of subsistence and development for its more than 1.3 billion people over the past decades.

Different from the multi-party systems in Western countries, the political system in 皇冠体育app led by the ruling Party is a choice made by Chinese people after decades of painstaking practice. Western politicians should realize this is something that Chinese people will long adhere to.

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