“Charter 08” was published in December, 9th, 2008 which can be contributed to its num-ber being “08”. Notably, the charter was published also around the same time as the 60th anni-versary of the “Universal Declaration of Human Rights”, which appropriately suits the material and content of the document. It can be noted that “Charter 08” also shares similarities with “Charter 77” pertaining to the name the authors of the document had chosen. The document written in four sections lays out in two sections, being section two “Our Fundamental Concepts” and section three “Our Basic Positions”, definitions of a list of words pertaining to human rights with proposes of reforms and changes …show more content…
Experiencing both good and bad throughout the nation’s development, leading up to the current day, China’s development has been up and down, yet much of it has affected China negatively emphasized by the charters authors. The au-thors speak on notable events in the 19th century such The Self-Strengthening Movement [1861–1895], Hundred Days’ Reform [1898], and The Xinhai Revolution [1911], and other events where each of them would have temporary lasting effects, but ultimately ended up as failures or ineffective in the long haul. In addition to the failures and hardships of the 19th century, during the 20th century, great turmoil had continued to exist within the country. Events such as China’s “Reform and Opening Up Act” following the end of the Mao Zedong era had extricated China from poverty and totalitarianism, and while this had brought more stability within the country, however, it would only bring small changes. From the late 1990’s into the 2000’s China would see small significant reforms in its human rights polices and other existing issues through a num-ber of treaties, government laws, and acts such as China’s National Human Rights Action Plan [2008]. However, the promises which were made to resolve a number of issues that exist for na-tion by those who run the country on exist more through paper than by laws or any serious …show more content…
Through corruption, con-flicts, and wars control over the nation’s direction have both changed and created instability re-sulting in great suffering and loss for the Chinese population. The negative consequences of these actions have affected China’s people more so than those who had caused them. The historical material that is provided in the permeable of this document is later relevant in document because, as it is read in sections two and three, the proposals of reforms and changes that are provided for the terms and concepts given by charter’s authors in what defines a free nation have been either suppressed or is non-existent. It can be noted that throughout China’s history its people and their rights, safety, and freedom have been compromised by its political structure and political move-ments which have each left their significant