ABSTRACT
In the late 1970s, human rights became an important part of American foreign policy during the presidency of Jimmy Carter. To the Guomindang (GMD), the American human rights policy was at odds with its recognition of the People's Republic of China (PRC). These developments led Hang and others to establish, with government support, the Chinese Association for Human Rights. One of the goals of the organization was to expose human rights violations on the mainland, but they also addressed its domestic violations. Hang's piece translation is concerned with criticizing Communist excesses, but it also explores the compatibility between Confucian ideals and human rights. In fact, human rights thinking and terminology could be found in the Greek philosopher Aristotle writings; it was in England, though, that the first efforts to institutionalize human rights took place. By the time of World War II, the many brutal atrocities committed by the Axis nations inspired the world's people to pay attention to human rights.
