Political rights you can't exercise anyway

One sometimes reads about people convicted of crimes in China who have been deprived of their political rights. In Chinese criminal law, deprivation of political rights (剥夺政治权利终身 bōduó zhèngzhì quánlì zhōngshēn) refers to deprivation of the following rights:

(1) the right to vote and to stand for election;

(2) the rights of freedom of speech, of the press, of assembly, of association, of procession and of demonstration;

(3) the right to hold a position in a State organ; and

(4) the right to hold a leading position in any State-owned company, enterprise, institution or people's organization.

Yep, "the right to vote and to stand for election" and "the rights of freedom of speech, of the press, of assembly, of association, of procession and of demonstration", all guaranteed under Chinese law, except even ordinary citizens not convicted of any crime can't exercise them most of the time.