Hong Kongby rwp-roger via FlickrRemarkable figures in the Internatioal Herald Tribune, quoting an annual research by Hong Kong University. A record number of inhabitants in Hong Kong believe, says the study published around June 4, that China's human rights have improved and will improve more.
The proportion of respondents who believed that human rights in China had improved since 1989 rose to 85 percent, from 78 percent a year ago. The proportion who thought that they would improve further in the next three years climbed to 77 percent, from 67 percent a year ago.
Only 2 percent thought that China's human rights record had worsened since 1989 and only 2 percent thought that it would worsen in the next three years.
"On the assessment of China's human right condition now and in future, optimism is at record high since the beginning of this survey series," said Robert Chung, the director of the university's public opinion program.
"Moreover," he said, "although it is still the majority view that the Chinese government did the wrong thing in 1989, and that the official stand on June 4 should be reversed, both figures have dropped significantly compared to one year ago, probably due to the Olympic tide and the Sichuan earthquake relief."
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