Xi JinPing

The chinese tyrant

Daniel, Sam, Cameron

Xi JinPing and Macbeth
Xi started off with power after being born to a communist party elite and came to
power after years of working up the ranks. This is similar to how Macbeth starts,
with Macbeth already being a thane and having some power. The witches confirm
this when they said “All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, Thane of Glamis!”
(Shakespeare I.III. 48). After rising to the top of the Communist Party, Xi became
an aggressive campaign against corruption and began getting rid of his
competition by saying they were corrupt and putting them in prison. Macbeth used
a similar tactic after he killed Duncan. When Duncan’s body was discovered and
Malcolm asked who did it Lennox said “Those of his chamber, as it seem’d, had
done ‘t; Their hands and faces were all badg’d with blood; So were their daggers,”
(Shakespeare II.III.102-104).
Xi JinPing and Macbeth Cont’d
Also, killing Duncan sent Malcolm and Donalbain into a state of fear for their lives
which motivated them to flee. Macbeth got rid of the entire royal family in one night
making his rise to power that much easier. Once in power, both of them have
abused it with Xi JinPing abolishing the two term presidency and Macbeth using
his power to control everyone.
Xi Jinping in relation to human rights
Human right violations in china
● Reversing progress
● Reducing freedom of expression
● Torture of detainees
● Increased mass surveillance and security of 11 million Turkic Muslim Uyghurs
despite no increase in security threat.
● Implementing policies with the intent of denying Uyghurs cultural and religious
rights
● Strictest online censorship in the world
● Disqualifying pro democratic lawmakers
● Jail pro democratic student leaders
● Preventing peaceful protest from pro democratic parties
● Suggestions of manipulating the law to help keep control
Cont.
● Using violence to counter peaceful activism
● Adopting “unconventional tactics” to combat terrorism
● Rounding up Uyghur students studying abroad and forcing them to return to
xijiang
● prohibited the wearing of “abnormal” beards or veils in public places
● Ruthlessly preventing freedom of religious, speech, movement, and assembly
in tibet
● Surveillance of phone and online activities restricted even more
● Mass expulsion of monks and nuns
● Forcing tibetans to return from trips in order to confiscate passports, even
resorting to threatening them and their family
Cont. (again)
● Only allows 5 government operated religions qualifying anything not under
there control as “evil cults”
● Arrested Sun Qian (a canadian citizen) on suspicions of “using cults to
sabotage law enforcement”
● Arrested Shao Zhuman for refusing to enter his catholic church to the
government affiliated Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association
● Banned unauthorized teaching about religion and going abroad to take part in
training or meetings
● Donations from foreign sources over $15 000 (USD) are illegal.
● Over a dozen christians arrested for using “cults to sabotage the law” with
sentences reaching 4 years in length, which one lawyer said was due to the
fact they didn’t meet at government recognized churches
Contd (but wait, there's more)
● ranked 100th out of 144 countries for gender parity in 2017
● In 2 months police forced five activists from their homes in retaliation for their
campaign to raise awareness about sexual harassment on public
transportation
● Same-sex partnerships remains illegal
● Same sex dating apps have been shut down
● Any form of “abnormal sexual lifestyles” have been banned from online video
sharing networks
● Lgbt conferences get shut down by police
● Actively tracks and returns refugees from north korea
Contd (last one I promise)
● harassed and detained a group of Liu’s supporters for commemorating his
death (he’s a famous pro human right activist who died after serving 9 years
of his 11 year sentence)
● Tried to suppress (the very few) independent human rights news websites by
jailing they’re founder
● Held Taiwan democratic activist Lee Ming-che incommunicado for six months,
denying him access to family,before being sentenced to five years in prison.
● Peng Yuhua, who was tried alongside Lee, was given a seven-year sentence
on the same charge
Which articles are violated
● Article 1 ● Article 16
● Article 2 ● Article 17
● Article 3 ● Article 18
● Article 19
● Article 5
● Article 20
● Article 7 ● Article 21
● Article 9 ● Article 23
● Article 10 ● Article 25
● Article 11 ● Article 26
● Article 12 ● Article 27
● Article 13 ● Article 28
● Article 29
● Article 14
● Article 30
● Article 15
Which articles aren’t being violated
1. Article 4
2. Article 6
3. Article 8
4. Article 22
5. Article 24
Work cited
“World Report 2018: Rights Trends in China.” Human Rights Watch, 18 Jan. 2018, www.hrw.org/world-
report/2018/country-chapters/china-and-tibet.

Ramzy, Austin. “President Xi Jinping's Rise in China, as Covered by The Times.” The New York Times, The
New York Times, 26 Feb. 2018, www.nytimes.com/2018/02/26/world/asia/xi-jinping-career-
highlights.html.