1.  China has not improved in the area of human rights violations since last year. What reasons are suggested to explain why the U.S. removed China from the list of top Human Rights violators?

2.  In what category was China placed instead?

3.  Which countries were included in the State Department's list of top human rights violators of 2007?

4.  a) In which years was China included in the introductory section of the State Department report describing it as one of the "world's most systematic human rights violators?"
b)  Why was China not in that section before those years?

5.  Why is China's removal from the list of top human rights violators seen as coming at a bad time by human rights organizations?

6.  Late last month, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said during a visit to Beijing that the Chinese government had agreed to resume its human rights dialogue with the U.S.  Do you think the dialogue has been/will be effective in persuading the Chinese government to end its violations of human rights?  Explain your answer.

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