Introduction: Human rights in the Asia Pacific - competing perspectives, international discord and the way ahead, James T.H. Tang. Part 1 Conceptual perspectives: human rights - Asia and the West, Michael Freeman; the Asian challenge to universal human rights - a philosophical appraisal, Joseph Chan; human rights, economic change, and political development - a Southeast Asian perspective, Mely Caballero-Anthony; Asian perspectives on human rights, Yash Ghai. Part 2 Countries perspectives: United States foreign policy and human rights, William J. Barnds; human rights study in the People's Republic of China, Zhou Wei; human rights in Japanese foreign policy - Japan's China policy after Tiananmen, Seiichiro Takagi; people's diplomacy for human rights - the Philippine experience, Francisco Nemenzo; the dragon not defeated - human rights in Russia, Constantine V. Pleshakov. Part 3 Institutional and regional perspectives: the role of the United Nations in the provision of humanitarian assistance - new problems and new responses, Paul Taylor; economic co-operation and human rights in the Asia Pacific - the role of regional institutions, Lawrence T. Woods; human rights and regional order - ASEAN and human rights management in post-Cold War Southeast Asia, Amitav Acharya. Part 4 Conclusions: towards a regional alternative to human rights problems in the Asia Pacific, James H. Tang. Appendices: Bangkok Declaration; the Asia Pacific non-governmental organizations' Bangkok Statement and response to the Bangkok Declaration; statements by representatives of Asian governments at the Vienna World Conference on human rights.
