Bottom line, China is moving in the direction we want it to move in. There are more human rights today. There's more religious openness. There's more economic openness, which will lead to more political openness,

Opportunity means advancing American values in the world by protecting human rights, meeting human needs, and opening global markets.

As I am today, I was concerned about human rights, and I was concerned about the well-being of the working people of this country,

I am convinced that today terrorism poses the main threat to human rights and freedoms as well as to the sustainable development of states and people,

There are significant human rights abuses in China. In some areas, the situation is worse today than in the past. In other areas, there have been improvements. We will recognize the latter, and be critical of the former.

The new text substantially advances the discussion and gives a good basis to achieve a stronger human rights council, assuming there is a decision to have members of the council elected by a two-thirds majority.