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A NUMBER OF POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC REALITIES ARE FUELING CHINA'S ENGAGEMENT OF WESTERN HUMAN RIGHTS DISCUSSIONS. IS THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT WILLINGLY BUYING INTO AND PROMOTING HUMAN RIGHTS AS THE UNITED STATES WOULD HAVE THEM DO? OR ARE THEY BEING FORCED BY CIRCUMSTANCES AND SELF-INTEREST TO CONCEDE? DOES IT MATTER? THE WEST SHOULD WELCOME THE DEBATE WITH CHINA AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO CRITICALLY EXAMINE ITS OWN NOTIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND, AT THE SAME TIME, ADMIT OF THE POSSIBILITY THAT CHINA MIGHT DEVELOP A CONCEPTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS WITH CHINESE CHARACTERISTICS.

THIS ARTICLE CONTAINS EXCERPTS FROM THE STATE-OF-THE UNION ADDRESS GIVEN BY PERUVIAN PRESIDENT ALAN GARCIA PEREZ ON JULY 28, 1988. IN IT, GARCIA EMPHASIZED THE NEED TO COMBAT TERRORISM AND DISCUSSED PERU'S ECONOMIC CRISIS. THE ARTICLE ALSO RECOUNTS INTERVIEWS WITH MARIO VARGAS LLOSA, PRESIDENT OF THE LIBERTAD MOVEMENT, AND ROLANDO AMES, A PERUVIAN SENATOR.