The irony of FR's biggest ChiCom defender posting this is flooring me.
I suppose the irony that - when written - the signers of the Declaration did not have those Rights recognized by the State to which they belonged is also lost on you?
I see and support the change that is happening in China, that is bringing them towards the truth of those statements. What are you doing to ensure that your fellow man - ALL created equal - are reaping the benefits of those unalienable Rights, or even know they have such Rights?
I suppose you thought we should not have been involved in either World War; in the Cold War; any trade agreement? We should not even have relations with Germany, or the UK, or France. After all, we're just working with people without those Creator-endowed Rights (and at various times they've actively attempted via armed action to remove those Rights from us)!
I guess the Apostle Paul was an idiot for preaching to the Romans. Jesus wasted his time among the sinners!
What better way to bring the truth of those Rights to a society than to work with them, side by side, to help them move their society towards recognition of those Rights. Show them the results of the fruits of their labors, the fruits of my labors, and how those societies consider each person.
By no means is China as close to those ideals as the US; far from it! But they are infinitely better and more open - politically, socially, and economically - than they were 15 years ago. Progress has been made, and will continue to be made because some people will show them AND HELP THEM realise their Rights, and the benefits of same said rights.
Then there's the xenophobes who oppose anyone else achieving those same Rights because they're afraid that freedom may let someone else beat them in the game of life. THAT is a true twisting of the Declaration of Independence...