The past 75 years of progress in Xizang Autonomous Region since its peaceful liberation proves the success of China's outcome-driven approach to human rights works, said a scholar.
In an interview with China Global Television Network (CGTN), David W. Ferguson, honorary chief English editor of China's Foreign Languages Press, stressed that despite unfounded criticism from Western countries, the constantly-improving standard of living in Xizang represents a resounding achievement for human rights.
"You can look at human rights from the perspective of processes, votes, elections, choosing your leader, free speech, or you can look at human rights from the perspective of outcomes. A roof over your head, food on the table, clothes on your back, a school for your kids, safe streets, a clean environment, health and welfare," said Ferguson.
"The West makes a great show of its superiority on the basis that they have great processes. Poor people in developing countries, and indeed people all over the world, don't need processes, they need outcomes, they need these things that I have just listed. And what China focuses on is outcomes, and what China has been focusing on in Xizang since the peaceful liberation is delivering outcomes. And anybody who thinks that things are not improving in China is simply living in a different world from reality," he said.
Xizang's progress proves China's outcome-driven approach to human rights: scholar
