Today I read my 3rd article which was about how the people of china stand on the controversial issue of the death penalty. I was shocked to find out that it’s almost a unanimous decision on where they stand. The public’s opinion is in favor of the death penalty. I was expecting the majority to be for the death penalty, but not for it to be a unanimous decision. When I read on, I came across something very important that affected the thought of the decision being unanimous. In China, the public opinion does not really represent the entire populations viewpoints on a certain issue. The article states, “All the Chinese are subjects of China. But they do not all belong to the category of the people. The people include the majority of Chinese who enjoy the rights and liberties as defined by the Common Programme of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference and by other legal measures. Subjects who are excluded from the people do not enjoy these rights, but they must observe duties and obligations.” I believe that this is saying that unless the person agrees with the foundation of Chinese beliefs, then their opinion does not really matter and does not count as the “public opinion”. Personally, I still believe that this is the general opinion that most Chinese people do have. I would like to do more research on how American people feel about the death penalty under the United States judicial system, but it was interesting to see how the people of another country feel about this hot topic. I will still need to do more research in order to find out whether or not the death penalty is right or wrong.
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