Biden meets China rights activists ahead of VP visit
- Published: 10/02/2012 at 10:32 AM
- Online news: Asia
US Vice President Joe Biden called for China to address a "deterioration" of its human rights record as he met activists ahead of a key visit by his Chinese counterpart, the White House said.
Tibetan supporters protest against Chinese President Hu Jintao outside of the White House in Washington, DC, in 2011. Human rights groups say Chinese authorities recently have put some Tibetan areas under virtual martial law after a series of self-immolations, mostly by monks, to protest rights conditions in the largely Buddhist region.
Biden -- the host for next week's visit by Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping, who is widely tipped to be the Asian power's next leader -- met jointly Wednesday with four advocates for human rights.
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