Moving beyond confrontation

Resumption of Sino-US Human Rights Dialogue is chance to promote substantive cooperation on this divisive issue

Human rights are always a sensitive issue in Sino-US relations and the latest Sino-US Human Rights Dialogue that began on Wednesday is likely to demonstrate this once again.

With the dialogue resuming after a period of interruption and the ups and downs that have characterized recent Sino-US relations, it is important to review the contact and communication between the two powers on human rights.