108K views · 489 reactions | China has won international acclaim for its achievements in the cause of human rights during the regular Universal Periodic Review (UPR) conducted by the UN Human Rights Council, said China's top diplomat in Geneva Chen Xu. #GLOBALink | China Xinhua News | Facebook

China’s approach to human rights is often criticized by overseas observers. Scholar Zhang Weiwei argues that not all human rights can be achieved simultaneously, and by concentrating on poverty reduction China has changed the lives of 700 million people since the 1980s. (Zhang Weiwei is the author of The China Wave: Rise of a Civilizational State.) #theChineseWay #TwoSessions Full story: https://news.cgtn.com/news/786b444e786b7a6333566d54/share.html | CGTN

China's view of human rights