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China: Citizen Not People

Tuesday, August 28th, 2007 @ 05:57 UTC

by Oiwan Lam

Countries:: China
Topics:: Governance, Human Rights
Languages:: Chinese

Lao Tuzaizi said he is a “citizen” not “people” because the meaning of “people” is very confusing in China. All government bodies claim to be People's institutes, however, no individual can represent “people”, in the end the definition of “people” is up to the authority (zh), while the concept of citizen is based on individual's right.

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