COPYRIGHT -- HAGUE ACADEMY OF INTERNATIONAL LAW -- Chinese Contemporary Perspectiveson International Law History, Culture and International Law -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- CHAPTER I GENERAL INTRODUCTION - 60 YEARS IN RETROSPECT* -- I. A Point of Departure -- II. General Attitude towards International Law -- III. Recognition and the People's Republic of China -- IV. A Prelude - The Second 30 Years -- CHAPTER II BASIC ISSUES REVISITED: SOVEREIGNTY,COMMUNAL INTERESTS AND INTERNATIONAL OBLIGATIONS -- I. Sovereignty in Perspective - The State System -- II. Communal Interests and Pluralism -- III. International Obligations in Context -- CHAPTER III HUMAN RIGHTS AS A CAUSE AND A PROCESS -- I. Human Rights Progress - A Stock Taking -- (a) Constitutional law -- (b) Administrative law -- (c) Criminal law -- II. China's Perspectives on Human Rights -- III. China and International Protection of Human Rights -- CHAPTER IV PURSUING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT -- I. An overview - Environmental Law in the Development Process -- II. Sustainable Development - A Conceptual Change -- III. The Right to Development -International Context -- CHAPTER V MULTILATERALISM AND REGIONAL CO-OPERATION -- I. Changing Perceptions in a Changing World -- II. From a Selective Approach to Full Partnership -- III. Good Neighbourliness and Regional Co-operation -- (a) East Asia co-operation -- (b) The Shanghai Cooperation Organization -- CONCLUSION -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR -- BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE -- PRINCIPAL PUBLICATIONS.