text: formidable task in conveying such problems to the population. Although the reports spoke of the people of China, he believed that they reflected the views of the elite and the Government rather than those of the mass of the people. In China, racism was equated with white financial exploitation of CERD/C/SR.869 page 14 people of colour, and the prevailing idea was that blacks should be protected and helped, not because they were equal but because they were biologically and culturally inferior. Paternalism was a common attitude. Blacks studying in China had often been the victims of paternalism and prejudice at best, and discrimination and even physical violence at worst. Most violence against blacks was never reported, partly because it was seldom witnessed by westerners, since blacks and whites were often separated and relations between them regarded with disfavour, but also because many African States did not wish to disclose it, since they benefited from Chinese aid and did not wish to antagonize the Chinese Government, and because western journalists who reported such violence could expect to be expelled from the country, as had happened in May 1986. He drew attention to the reference in paragraph 17 of the fourth report to the "peaceful liberation of Tibet", which might simply be a mistranslation of the original Chinese, but, if intended as a statement of historical fact, was grotesque. If the use of the phrase was deliberate it might imply a serious change in the Chinese position since the Committee had considered the second periodic report of China in 1986, when there had been grounds for optimism. In dealing with the world-wide problem of excessive population growth, no State had a more decisive policy than China, although it was an exaggeration to refer to family planning as "voluntary". Such issues could only be 
analysis: The text appears to be discussing human rights issues in China, specifically the treatment of black people and the Chinese government's stance on certain issues. It also touches on the topic of population growth and family planning policies. The tone is critical and emphasizes the need for transparency and accountability.