the US is concerned about the fate of the Chinese activists such as Ai Weiwei if Chinese and American Government officials sit down, talk about human rights in the next two days, they have to discuss enough.Although there are not too, officials China one its most extensive crackdown on dissent in years started.
Government critics, including lawyers, took bloggers and activists in the line of fire.
Some have disappeared, others have received long prison terms and even more have faced other forms of police pressure.
The crackdown appears designed stability at home - but it has led to criticism from abroad.
Private diplomacy
She said US officials to escape would raise awareness of the issue when the two countries for the US-China human rights dialogue in Beijing.
The US State Department in a statement, which will no doubt have disturbed China said "discussions on human rights disappear developments, including the recent negative trend of forced off legislation detentions and arrests and convictions, will focus".
Human rights are not always the most important question between the Nations.
This dialogue between Washington and Beijing was for several years before it suspended restarted in 2008.
Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo (R) is China's highest profile Dissident-but not the only oneBut China's recent crackdown seems the debate in the United States, according to Professor David branch, the Hong Kong University of science and technology have sparked.
"There has been a shift in the US position on this issue, which goes back to the Nobel Peace Prize," said Prof branch, referring to Liu Xiaobo, who won dissident writer of last year's prize.
Mr Liu currently serves an 11-year prison sentence for a Charter 08, a manifesto for political change in China help.
When it comes to human rights, many foreign Governments, think that private diplomacy more effective than public criticism.
But that can be changed, at least for some.
"I think that it the question does not mean a feeling in the United States that do not increase, that the situation will get better," said Prof branch.
"Situation getting worse"
The outgoing US Ambassador to China, Jon Huntsman, his strokes not called off, when he delivered a speech in Shanghai earlier this month.
"The United States will never stop human rights support, because we believe in the basic struggle for human dignity and justice, where you can occur," he said.
Ambassador Hunter mentioned Liu Xiaobo-and some of the other government critics, who have taken by the Chinese authorities in the line of fire.
Include Ai Weiwei, the artist, who was arrested attempting to leave the country recently and Chen Guangcheng, a blind lawyer, who has been placed since his release from prison last year under house arrest.
China don't like this kind of interference in what it sees as their own affairs.
"We are firmly against interference in our internal affairs under the pretext of human rights", said a spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs recently.
He was responding to criticism of China in the annual State Department human rights report published. This report spoke of "negative" trends.
Despite China's refusal to talk about the latest crackdown is still instead.
The authorities have arrested a number of high-profile activists, but have also pressuring the other lesser-known groups.
"I have contact with many rights and social groups - they often meet." You complain that the situation is getting worse, "said Li fan, Director of the Beijing-based think tank of the world and China Institute."
Some believe that China has started this roundup because it unrest similar to that rather than feared in the Middle East and North Africa.
Others believe that politicians are looking for the next year leadership reshuffle promoted will try to show how hard they are.
In any case, it means there is much in the US China human rights dialogue to discuss.
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