My son was born in China, and he lived the the first 7 years of his life in China, Where were his "rights" when he was left abandoned by his birth parents when he was only a few days old? Where were his rights when he was sent to live in an orphanage where he lived thru abuse and neglect? Where were his rights when he was sent by bus to a cabbage field to pick cabbages all day til his back hurt? Where were his rights when he was sent to live with a foster family who were paid by the China government to take care of him, only to endure more abuse and neglect. He didn't have any rights until he became a U.S. Citizen. China gave him education, but there is more to human rights than a country educating and giving health care to its' people. His birth parents did not have any rights to keep him in their family. Mr. Picquart, are you blind and deaf? Do you read newspapers or fairy tales?

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By the way, "China is not a paradise, nor is France or the US", but I'm sure we can all agree that France and the US are far freeer not-paradises than China, and guess what? there's less poverty in those countries too, and if you look back at history, human rights became the norm long before poverty was widely eradicated.