On Friday May 6, 2011 members of the San Francisco chapter of World Can’t Wait challenged the continuing U.S. program of torture and endless war by confronting one of the Bush regime’s most ardent advocates.
Panelists and experts explored the intricacies of the Chinese legal system and contrasted it with American law at a conference held this past weekend at the Law School. The event, titled “Law and the Chinese Transformation,” was co-hosted by the Rock Center for Corporate Governance and the China Law and Policy Association.
The panel on U.S. and Chinese legal education was followed by a keynote speech by Condoleezza Rice, political science professor and former U.S. secretary of state, who spoke on recent trends in U.S.-China relations over the past decade.
When asked to comment on the biggest prerequisite for China’s further progress toward the rule of law, Rice said, “China’s leaders need to learn not to fear its people.”
The speech was interrupted by two members of the audience who stood up and protested against decisions of the Bush Administration regarding the Iraq war, calling Rice a “war criminal.” The protestors were escorted out of the conference room by security guards.
One commentator (Matt Nicodemus) writes:
“Rice begins her talk by reflecting on what it's like now that she's no longer one of the national decision-makers in government, relishing the fact that she can stand outside everything she reads about in the morning newspaper and simply say, "Isn't that interesting." But the fact is, neither she nor any of the rest of us will ever be able to stand outside the consequences of the war crimes she and her Bush Administration cronies visited upon the world, as these brave protesters remind us.”
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