What do Chinese and American scholars agree and disagree on when it comes to human rights research? In search of answers, Professor Zhang Yonghe from the Southwest University of Political Science and Law in Chongqing Municipality led a delegation of four scholars on a recent visit to the United States for academic exchanges discussing human rights with their American counterparts. The visit, the first of its kind since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020, was coordinated by Li Xiao, Secretary General of the Chinese Judicial Studies Association and a former senior judge of the Supreme People’s Court, China’s top judicial body. Li shared her observations from this trip exclusively with Beijing Review reporter Li Fangfang. Edited excerpts of their conversation follow:
: As a human rights scholar, what were your expectations
