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References Gettleman, J, & Schmitt, E. (2009, February 7). US Aided Failed Plan to Rout Ugandan Rebels. The New York Times. Pg A1 Integrated Regional Information Networks. (2008 October). Uganda: Post-traumatic stress rife in the north. Retrieved July 18, 2009, from http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspxReportId=81084 McCrummen, S. (2008, December 30). Ugandan Rebels Kill 189 People in 3 Days In NE Congo, U.N. Says. The Washington Post. P. A10 O’Reilly, F. (2009, March 17). Besieged by the Lord’s Resistance Army. Global Post. Retrieved July 18, 2009, from http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/africa/090317/besieged-thelords-resistance-army United States Department of Congress. (2009, March 17) Uganda: Record Statement of US Senator Russ Feingold on Lord’s Resistance Army. Washington, DC: US Printing Office United States Embassy in Kampala, Uganda. (1997, August) The Anguish of Northern Uganda: Results of a Field-Based Assessment of the Civil Conflicts in Northern Uganda. Retrieved July 18, 2009, from http://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/PNACC245.pdf. Weber, A., Becker, J., Rhone, J. (2003). Abducted and Abused: Human Rights Abuses by The Lord’s Resistance Army. HRW.org. Retrieved July 18, 2009, from http://www.hrw.org/en/reports/2003/07/14/abducted-and-abused THE DIALECTICS ▲ 2009 www.abington.psu.edu/dialectics 13
LEGAL AID CLINICS IN CHINA: BRIDGING THE DISCONNECT By Ian Gross ∗ The University of Maryland College Park The past thirty years have been marked by tremendous economic progress in China. Unfortunately, that economic progress has not been matched politically or socially. In terms of socio-political standards, China is not a rule of law nation. The United States could stand to benefit from a stronger rule of law climate in China. The question then becomes “how” How does one nation go about improving the rule of law in another Unfortunately, there is no quick fix. One of the ways the United States can accomplish this goal indirectly is to support university legal aid clinics. By providing additional funding to university legal aid clinics, the United States can hope to ensure that China’s economic rise is accompanied by an adherence to the rule of law standards. China’s economic growth numbers are staggering. For most of the decade, the country’s growth rate in terms of GDP has averaged more than 10% a year (Keidel, 2008). This breakneck growth is unmatched by any other country during the same period. Even amidst the current financial crisis, China is still expected to maintain growth, in terms of GDP, in excess of 6% for this year (Economist Intelligence Unit, 2009). Compare that to the expected negative growth rates in Europe, the United States, and Central Asia (World Bank, 2009). Should China’s level of increasing prosperity continue, a reshuffling of the rankings of the most prosperous nations will occur. By 2035, China will have overtaken the United States as the largest country in terms of GDP (Keidel, 2008). Yet, China’s exponential economic growth has failed to give rise to an increased adherence to international rule of law standards. Rule of law is commonly understood as a legalpolitical regime that restricts government action while preserving certain individual liberties. In theory, the rule of law is a system that ensures that the rights of citizens are protected from arbitrary and abusive use of power from the government (Yu, 2009). Unfortunately, continuing crackdowns on China’s ethnic minority citizens, ongoing manipulation of the media, and more severe repression of human rights defenders indicate that China is not a rule of law nation. Even the Chinese government itself acknowledges this critical shortcoming. In a recently published White Paper (2008), the Information Office of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China wrote, “The development of democracy and the rule of law still fall short of the needs of economic and social development.” In other words, the government knows the country is being hurt by the lack of rule of law. While the lack of the rule of law in China may not be hurting the United States, the United States certainly could benefit from a stronger rule of law climate in China. A stronger rule of law could lead China to become a world power within the existing international ∗ Ian Gross is a junior at the University of Maryland, College Park, with a major in philosophy and a minor in Chinese language. Upon graduation, he plans to use his interest in the rule of law to pursue a career in international governance. THE DIALECTICS ▲ 2009 www.abington.psu.edu/dialectics 14
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