Download or read book 2009 Human Rights Report: China (includes Tibet, Hong Kong, and Macau) written by United States Department of State and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2020-12-08 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2009 Human Rights Report: China by the Department of State is an analysis of the human rights capability of China as an authoritarian country. Excerpt: "The People's Republic of China (PRC), with a population of approximately 1.3 billion, is an authoritarian state in which the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) constitutionally is the paramount source of power. Party members hold almost all top government, police, and military positions. Ultimate authority rests with the 25-member political bureau (Politburo) of the CCP and its nine-member standing committee. Hu Jintao holds the three most powerful positions as CCP general secretary, president, and chairman of the Central Military Commission. Civilian authorities generally maintained effective control of the security forces."