On one hand, it is very important that democracy and human rights be defended across borders. But it is also very important to respect the right of each country to choose its own path.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
It's important that we elevate and primarily focus on the rights of American citizens, but it's also important that we don't forget, 95 percent of the world's population lives beyond our own borders.
Democracy is the common pursuit of mankind, and all countries must earnestly protect the democratic rights of the people.
People have the right to defend their country from foreign occupiers, and people have the right to defend their country from invaders who are destroying their country.
Nothing is more important in the preservation of peace than to secure among the great mass of the people living under constitutional government a just conception of the rights which their nation has against others and of the duties their nation owes to others.
China recognizes and also respects the universality of human rights. We will continue our efforts to promote democracy and the rule of law.
Respect for the rights of others means peace.
Human dignity is independent of national borders. We must always defend the interests of the poor and the persecuted in other countries.
I think it is very important for any U.S. administration to be clear that America stands on the side of freedom and democracy and respect for individual rights.
The important matter is freedom. When the people choose what they want, it is good for them and for us.
I think clearly the United States, as well as other western nations, should stand by their commitments to human rights and democracy and should try to influence other countries to move in that direction.
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