ABSTRACT
The issue of human rights was not only a domestic Chinese issue, but one that was increasingly raised in the context of global interdependence and citizenship. As one scholar has stated, "China's compliance or noncompliance with the norms of the human rights regime constitutes the most rigorous test of international citizenship, for human rights present an immediate challenge to the principle of state sovereignty." The Bangkok Declaration issued at the end of the meeting was Asia's official view of human rights. Its crucial ideas were set forth in Vienna by the Chinese delegate to that meeting. The ultimate result was that China had to adjust to the international community if it wanted acceptance; then and then only would China find its place in the world and, if the human rights regime was adhered to, would the Chinese find their human rights protected in China.
