China’s Vulnerability to International Pressure on Human Rights Practices (opens in new tab)

The lessons I draw from these efforts is that despite the Chinese government’s economic clout and its willingness to retaliate against those who dare to spotlight its repression, Beijing remains vulnerable to international censure. As governments end their infatuation with the Chinese market and find safety in numbers from Beijing’s retaliation, the prospect of a formal U.N. condemnation of the Chinese government’s repression—Beijing’s nightmare—may come to pass. That Beijing continues to car...