在鎮壓後的幾十年裡，美國曾希望中國融入國際體系，可以迎來一個更加開放與寬容的社會，但事與願違。中國的一黨專政不容忍任何異議，只要對其有益，人權無論何時都會受到侵害。今天，新一波的侵權朝著中國人民而來，特別是在新疆，中共領導人有計劃地扼殺維吾爾文化，摧毀伊斯蘭信仰，遭到拘留的穆斯林少數民族人士數以百萬計。即便中共建立了一個強大的監控國家，中國公民仍在持續尋求行使他們的人權、組織獨立工會、通過法律制度追求正義、或者只是表達自己的觀點，但許多人卻因此遭到懲罰，監禁甚至酷刑。
Over the decades that followed, the United States hoped that China’s integration into the international system would lead to a more open, tolerant society. Those hopes have been dashed. China’s one-party state tolerates no dissent and abuses human rights whenever it serves its interests. Today, Chinese citizens have been subjected to a new wave of abuses, especially in Xinjiang, where the Communist Party leadership is methodically attempting to strangle Uighur culture and stamp out the Islamic faith, including through the detention of more than one million members of Muslim minority groups. Even as the party builds a powerful surveillance state, ordinary Chinese citizens continue to seek to exercise their human rights, organize independent unions, pursue justice through the legal system, and simply express their views, for which many are punished, jailed, and even tortured.
