U.S. Gun Violence Draws Scorn in China as a Human Rights Issue<br />"As a result, civil rights, especially the right to life, were seriously threatened<br />and people’s personal rights were continuously infringed upon." The Global Times regularly covers gun violence in the United States, publishing a commentary after the deadly shootings at a church in Texas in November and a lengthy analysis after the Orlando, Fla., nightclub killings in 2016.<br />United States said that In 2016, the U.S. government exercised no effective control over guns,<br />law enforcement departments abused their power, and crimes were not effectively contained,<br />The opinion column in The Global Times, which is run by the Communist Party’s People’s Daily Group, said<br />that after a gunman killed 17 people last week at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., the United States should look to China, which has strict controls on guns.<br />China’s annual report on human rights in the United States, which it issues in response to the<br />State Department’s reports on China’s human rights situation, usually mentions gun violence.<br />23, 2018<br />HONG KONG — A newspaper controlled by the Communist Party of China criticized the United States for its high level of gun violence, calling it hypocritical<br />that a country that condemns others over human rights violations is failing to stem such slaughter at home.<br />" the piece said. that It’s inhumane for the U.S., which boasts about its human rights record, to turn<br />a blind eye to gun violence, snub increasing calls for gun control and risk more innocent lives,
