China Defies International Standards – China News

news300.info — VLADIVOSTOK (VOSTOK-MEDIA) -– Having become a major economic and political power, China now has its influence in almost all areas, including human rights, Le Temps wrote. At present, Beijing is making a vigorous diplomatic effort to promote their human rights model, which is contrary to the universalism promulgated initially by the West.

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