Introduction to part 2

Abstract

This is part 2 of a human rights symposium, the first part of which was published in the Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars in vol. 27, no. 4 (October-December 1995). The six articles in parts 1 and 2 are selections from a broader human rights project composed of contributions from sixteen scholars and activists. Our objective is to find common ground in the international human rights debate, especially between the United States and Asia. Part 1 presents articles by Chandra Muzaffar (“From Human Rights to Human Dignity”), Nikhil Aziz (“The Human Rights Debate in an Era of Globalization: Hegemony of Discourse”), and Michael J. Sullivan (“Development and Political Repression: China's Human Rights Policy since 1989”), along with a short introduction by me (“Values, History, and Power”). Here, in part 2, we turn to the topics of human rights in Hong Kong, women's rights, and the controversial issue of the U.S. role as a self-appointed champion of global human rights. © 1996, Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.