This article from the Washington Post tells the story of a Chinese woman who has come to the United States to tell the story of her husband - an imprisoned Chinese civil rights lawyer. On the same day she sat in the tunnels of the Capitol complex, the story notes, Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping was drinking champagne with Vice President Joe Biden at the State Department headquarters, and giving a vague speech about progressing civil rights in China.
Things to consider:
Is there such a thing as a universal value? Were VP Xi Jinping's comments an affirmation that liberalized civil rights are a universal value? Alternatively, do his country's actions demonstrate that liberalized civil rights are not a universal value - and his words simply represent a learned ability to say what is necessary in the global arena?
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