Migrant workers carry goods in Shanghai,

SHANGHAI, CHINA: Migrant workers carry goods in Shanghai, 26 February 2004. In its annual human rights report, the US State Department said hopes had risen that China would push forward «incremental» advances on its rights record that had been seen in 2002, but it concluded China’s approach to rights had in fact regressed. AFP PHOTO/LIU Jin (Photo credit should read LIU JIN/AFP/Getty Images)