
China's Compliance In Global Affairs : Trade, Arms Control, Environmental Protection, Human Rights.
Title:
China's Compliance In Global Affairs : Trade, Arms Control, Environmental Protection, Human Rights.
Author:
Chan, Gerald.
ISBN:
9789812700872
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (272 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Part I -- 1) The Idea of Responsibility: China Looking Inside Out -- WHAT IS MEANT BY RESPONSIBILITY? -- HOW TO ASSESS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF A STATE? -- WHAT IS CHINA'S RESPONSIBILITY? -- TO WHOM IS CHINA RESPONSIBLE? -- WHAT INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY? IS CHINA IN OR OUT?34 -- WHY RAISE THE ISSUE OF RESPONSIBILITY NOW? -- CONCLUSION -- 2) China's Responsibility in Global Affairs -- WHAT IS GLOBAL RESPONSIBILITY? -- GLOBAL RESPONSIBILITY: A CHINESE PERSPECTIVE -- ASSESSING GLOBAL RESPONSIBILITY -- CHINA'S PARTICIPATION IN MULTILATERAL INSTITUTIONS -- MEAGRE CONTRIBUTIONS - SHIRKING RESPONSIBILITY? -- CONCLUSION -- 3) China's Compliance in Global Affairs -- WHAT IS GLOBAL COMPLIANCE? -- CHINA'S TREATY ENGAGEMENT -- SUMMARY -- Part II -- 4) China's WTO Compliance -- THE BUMPY RIDE TO THE WTO: FROM REJECTION TO RECEPTION -- RESPONSIBILITY AND COMPLIANCE: "WESTERN INSTRUMENTS, CHINESE APPLICATION"?11 -- HOW EFFECTIVE ARE THE MONITORING MECHANISMS? -- HOW ENDURING IS CHINA'S COMPLIANCE? -- CONCLUSION -- 5) China's Compliance in Arms Control and Non-Proliferation -- CHINA'S ARMS CONTROL POLICY: A BRIEF OVERVIEW -- US INTERESTS IN CHINA'S COMPLIANCE -- THE BIOLOGICAL AND TOXIN WEAPONS CONVENTION -- THE CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION -- THE NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY -- THE MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME -- US SANCTIONS AGAINST CHINA'S "NON-COMPLIANCE" -- CONCLUSION -- 6) China's Compliance in Environmental Protection -- THE DEVELOPMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION -- DOMESTIC ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION -- THE EMERGENCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL NGOS -- CHINA'S ENVIRONMENTAL DIPLOMACY -- INTERNATIONAL COMPLIANCE: HOW EFFECTIVE? -- FACING THE GREEN CHALLENGE -- CONCLUSION -- 7) China's Compliance in Human Rights.
HUMAN RIGHTS REGIMES IN THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD -- DEVELOPMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN CHINA -- CHINA'S PARTICIPATION IN HUMAN RIGHTS REGIMES -- CHINA'S BILATERAL HUMAN RIGHTS DIPLOMACY -- WHITE PAPERS ON HUMAN RIGHTS -- HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUES -- CONCLUSION -- 8) Conclusion -- Appendix I -- Appendix II -- Appendix III -- Selected Bibliography -- A. CHINESE SOURCES -- B. US GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS -- C. JOURNAL ARTICLES -- D. BOOKS AND BOOK CHAPTERS -- E. NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES -- F. OTHER REFERENCES -- G. WEBSITES -- Index.
Abstract:
The rise of China has thrown open many important and interesting questions: Will a strong China behave responsibly in world affairs, complying with the rules and norms of the âinternational communityâ? Or will it defy âuniversal standardsâ, and fight instead for its own interests and those of the developing world, thereby challenging the global order dominated by the West?. The first of its kind to gauge in a comprehensive manner Chinaâs responsibility in world affairs, this book scrutinizes Chinaâs compliance with international rules and norms, embodied in the treaties that it has signed or ratified, especially in the areas of trade, arms control and non-proliferation, protection of the environment, and human rights. The book also examines Sino-US relations, as the US closely monitors Chinaâs compliance in world affairs. It is that behavior which is largely determining the relative emphasis put on engagement with or containment of China by the West, and by the US in particular.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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