Sino-African approach to human rights holistic

Recently, China held an interim review meeting on the National Human Rights Action Plan (2012-15) which drew a lot of attention.

In August 2012, then US secretary of state Hillary Clinton, delivered a speech in Dakar, Senegal, saying Washington was promoting democracy and human rights as part of its cooperation with African states. And she advised African people not to work with states which are only interested in economic gains and therefore ignore human rights. It was clear to her audience which country she was referring to. Therefore, delivering a speech in Tanzania, President Xi Jinping said relations between Africa and China are about fairness and extending justice.

This commonality is self-evident to Chinese and Africans, and therefore does not require explaining. But it is different when it comes to relations between the West and Africa. The West attaches strict conditions for giving aid to African countries. But China attaches no such strings to the aid it provides because Sino-African cooperation is based on equality.