Chinese Journal of International Law Advance Access originally published online on February 9, 2007
Chinese Journal of International Law 2007 6(1):83-93; doi:10.1093/chinesejil/jml060
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Chinese Observations on International Law
Correspondence: * Ambassador of China to the Netherlands and member of the International Law Commission (email: hqxue{at}yahoo.com).This paper is based on a speech given at the International Criminal Law Network (ICLN), The Hague, 1 November 2006.
This commentary presents Chinese observations on some important contemporary issues of international law. In an effort to clarify China's position on the principle of sovereignty, which is often misinterpreted in the West, the speaker analyses the principle of sovereignty against the current debate on the changing nature of international legal order and highlights the arguments relating to the fragmentation of international law, the responsibility to protect, and international criminal jurisdiction, from the point of view of China and the wider developing world.