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Absurdity of US human rights argument
By Wu Miaofa (China Daily)
Updated: 2010-08-05 07:48
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Thanks to US President Barack Obama and his "smart power" strategy, the US projected a better image to the world for a while. But soon the "great nation" returned to unilateralism over human rights and other matters.
Just as several developing countries pointed out at the UN Human Rights Council, the Obama administration still relies more on words than actions on human rights. The present US administration has made little progress on human rights compared to its predecessors.
If the US hopes to regain its immediate post-World War II position on human rights, it has to give up its game of unilateralism and double standards. The Afghan War is an acid test for the Obama administration. And its human rights face depends on how it deals with its own human rights violations.
The author is a researcher with China Institute of International Studies.
(China Daily 08/05/2010 page9)