22 Amendments of Cristian Dan PREDA related to 2012/2137(INI)
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 17 a (new)
Citation 17 a (new)
- having regard to the China-EU Round Tables,
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 18
Citation 18
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 20
Citation 20
– having regard to its recent resolutions on China, in particularcluding its resolution of 23 May 2012 entitled ‘EU and China: unbalanced trade?’3 , of 2 February 2012 on EU foreign policy towards the BRIC7 September 2006 on EU-China relations and other emerging powers: objectives and strategies4 , and of 11 May 2011 on the annual report from the Council to the European Parliament on the main aspects and basic choices of the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) in 2009, presented to the European Parliament in application of Part II, Section G, paragraph 43 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 20065 multiple resolutions on trade relations, security aspects and the promotion and protection of human rights,
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 21
Citation 21
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 22
Citation 22
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 24
Citation 24
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 25
Citation 25
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas China is undergoing a process of socio-economic transition from an extensive model of economic growth to a model aiming at regional and social equity and – above all – at maintaining stabilitystate-controlled economy to a model based on more economic freedoms, which, in turn, has allowed a large part of the Chinese population to raise their standard life;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas, however, there has been no similar progress in the field of political liberties,
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas China emphasises social human rights (e.g., food, clothes, economic development), while the EU stresses individual human rights (e.g., freedom of speech, religion, association)human rights are universal, inalienable, indivisible and interdependent;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas China is a country that is passionate about the internet, with more than 500 million users, the country’s internet environment remaining, however, very restrictive;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. WelcomesTakes note of the 12th Five-Year Plan (2011-2015), approved by the National People's Congress in March 2012, which strongly intendsmeant to tackle the negative side effects of an unparalleled period of sustained high economic growth, such as acute environmental threats, regional imbalances, rising income inequality, ands well as continuing collective protests centred on social, economic and legal grievances; asserts that European capabilities and experiences can be of great value in sustaining and fostering innovation in China's economy;
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Acknowledges the popular legitimacy of the CCPat the CCP enjoys a wider popular acceptance, although never verified by democratic elections, especially in view of its successful economic policy, but shares the criticism of independent Chinese scholars and observers that this legitimacyacceptance is seriously threatened by a ‘'red aristocracy’' of close family members of former and present party leaders who possess enormous fortunes owing to their political and economic connections, a grave situation which was recently laid bare by the Bo Xilai affair;
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Looks forward to the speedy implementation of the repeated calls for democratisation and political reforms inside the CCP by means of an open- minded new party leadership; believes that only effective political reforms will curb the semi-independence of high-handed provincial, district and local party bosses, who badly damage the reputation of China's national leadership both internally and externally with their abuses of power, with particular reference to the very costly and endemic cases of corruptionas well as help to tackle the endemic corruption through the introduction of accountability mechanisms;
Amendment 180 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Underlines that although forced abortions are strictly illegal in China, family-planning officials repeatedly coerce women into abortions or sterilisation; condemns the so-called ‘social maintenance fee’, an often exorbitant fine that parents have to pay in the event of extra births, as was the case in the tragedy of Feng Jianmei; wholeheartedly supports Chinese voices that call for an end of the one-child policy, particularly in the light of the demographic trends in China;
Amendment 198 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 3
Subheading 3
Human rights and democracy
Amendment 206 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Admires the courage and the social responsibility of numerous Chinese citizens for defending precious social rights in their country, but and denounces the tragic state of affairs whereby several of them are being officially persecuted and punished for their efforts to correct well-known social dangers/criminal acts such as corruption, abuse of office, environmental damage, AIDS infection, food poisoning, construction fraud concerning schools, illegal land and property expropriation, often committed by local party authorities; urges the Chinese leadership to encourage civil responsibility for observing social human rights and to rehabilitate officially persecuted and punished defenders of these rights; also expects a responsible Chinese leadership to comply strictly with individual human rightsrespect and promote human rights and democracy;
Amendment 221 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Notes that the Chinese Government is tightening its surveillance of the internet by way of a new law that forbids betrayal of state secrets, harming of national pride, endangering the ethnic unity of the country or making calls for ‘illegal protests’ or ‘mass meetings’; criticises the fact that these prohibitions are rather obscurely formulated and thus clear the way for unbridled censorship; encourages the Government to allow the expression of a plurality of opinions on the internet, in the media and, more generally, in the public sphere;
Amendment 318 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Appreciates the Chinese leadership's acknowledgement of the serious criticism of its imbalanced, raw-material-centred African policy during the Forum of Chinese-African Cooperation (FOCAC), held on 20 July 2012 in Beijing, which is shown by its current open promotion of a diversification of its activities on the continent; welcomes China's expressed support for the Extractive Industries' Transparency Initiative (EITI) and encourages the Chinese authorities to follow the global trend towards more transparency and increase their concrete commitments in this area; points to the obvious ethical and strategic flaws of China's non-intervention principle in Africa's domestic policies in cases of popular resistance against repressive regimes (e.g., Sudan), or in cases of regime change (e.g., Libya); notes that the increasing Chinese presence in Africa has led to grave social tensions, but welcomes the fact that Chinese companies have expressed their willingness to place greater emphasis on social responsibility in their African activities;
Amendment 325 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 c (new)
Paragraph 18 c (new)
(c) Notes that people-to-people contacts can play a crucial role towards a better mutual understanding between China and the EU, but also some of its other partners like the USA, welcomes in this regard the programmes meant to facilitate mobility between China and the EU;