Taiwan gets good marks from US on rights
taipeitimes.com/News/front/a … 2003296578
Comments anyone?
With all the negative things mentioned in the article it is kind of difficult to believe Taiwan got “good” marks.
Just an observation, not a judgement. 
[quote=“stan”]With all the negative things mentioned in the article it is kind of difficult to believe Taiwan got “good” marks.
Just an observation, not a judgement. [/quote]
From that article “Taiwan Lambasted on Human Rights” would seem a more apropos headline. 
But I think it was the Foreign Minister who described the report as “good,” based purely on the fact that Taiwan’s record is better than China’s.
China (Taiwan only)
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2005
state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61606.htm
[quote]With all the negative things mentioned in the article it is kind of difficult to believe Taiwan got “good” marks.
Just an observation, not a judgement. Smile[/quote]
There is an evident effort made on the part of the US State Department to try to balance the annual Human Rights report for Taiwan between progress and problems regardless of the situation on the island.
There is an even stronger demand on the State Department not to embarrass various members of the US government. If you recall, just following the slave riots involving a major public works project in Southern Taiwan last year members of the US congress awarded Taiwan