im a us citizen yet in many ways i trust the chinise goverment more then the us one

Seriously, while the article is correct, and I agree with it, the problem is for the U.S.A to criticize such things, the USA has NO moral authority itself. When it comes to violating international rules of justice, the U.S.A. leads they way – which is why the U.S.A. is considered the greatest pariah among western nations. I don’t mean to simply slag the U.S.A. in general, it is a great country filled with great people, and many of my personal friends, and family – BUT – while on this topic – the international record of the U.S.A. itself has to be examined.

The U.S.A. prosecuted a Canadian for doing business with Cuba, even though all such business was conducted through a Canadian company. When a freak like Jesse Helms can not only get elected but the pass something as absurd as Helms-Burton bill through congress and into law, it’s quite hypocritical to get so excited about an improper simple judicial business request from another country.

Other somewhat related international law examples:

The U.S.A. weasled its way out of the international criminal court because it knew that joining would lead to all sorts of rightful prosecutions of itself.

The U.S.A. violated its own laws against torture, and still is not prosecuting those leaders for war crimes.

International renditions to escape other laws? Indefinite detentions without trial?

Perhaps this is a case of the extremely dark and burned and disgraced pot, realising is has no business calling the kettle black, until it dramatically cleans itself up first.

Sadly, my own country Canada has also lost a lot of moral authority in the last few years. If I am going to point a finger, it is only fair to point some back at us. One example – our idiot conservative government announced last year that it would no longer lobby against the death penalty for Canadian citizens facing such punishment, in a proper democratic country with “proper” judicial processes. Whether or not you agree with the death penalty – the double standard shows just what idiots and hypocrites our government is. Now they are trying to convince the Saudi’s not to execute Canadian and of course, the Saudi’s obvious indignant response is…. well you can figure that out…..