II. Three Important Factors:

According to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) freedom of expression is the: 1. "Foundation of self-fulfillment"

2. "It's vital to the attainment and advancement of knowledge; and 3. "It's necessary to our system of self-government giving the American people a 'checking function' against government access and corruption.

III. Oppression of Individual Expression:

China is a country that Americans would not be able to stay in for long without feeling very much violated in terms of their human rights and most particularly the freedom of expression. The violation of human rights has been witnessed in cultural oppression as well as religious and art oppression. In a recent EU statement the acknowledgement of "some positive developments" were mentioned in relation to China as to its reforms in the rule of law which are underway but the statement revealed that the EU was still very concerned by "the...
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