The Voice from China: An CHEN on International Economic Law

Front Matter....Pages i-lxiii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
On the Marginality, Comprehensiveness, and Independence of International Economic Law Discipline....Pages 3-29
On the Misunderstandings Relating to China’s Current Developments of International Economic Law Discipline....Pages 31-43
On the Source, Essence of “Yellow Peril” Doctrine and Its Latest Hegemony “Variant”—The “China Threat” Doctrine: From the Perspective of Historical Mainstream of Sino-foreign Economic Interactions and Their Inherent Jurisprudential Principles....Pages 45-99
Front Matter....Pages 101-101
The Three Big Rounds of US Unilateralism Versus WTO Multilateralism During the Last Decade: A Combined Analysis of the Great 1994 Sovereignty Debate Section 301 Disputes (1998–2000) and Section 201 Disputes (2002–2003)....Pages 103-158
On the Implications for Developing Countries of “the Great 1994 Sovereignty Debate” and the EC–US Economic Sovereignty Disputes....Pages 159-163
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What Should Be China’s Strategic Position in the Establishment of New International Economic Order? With Comments on Neoliberalistic Economic Order, Constitutional Order of the WTO, and Economic Nationalism’s Disturbance of Globalization....Pages 167-206
A Reflection of the South–South Coalition in the Last Half Century from the Perspective of International Economic Lawmaking: From Bandung, Doha, and Cancún to Hong Kong....Pages 207-239
Some Jurisprudential Thoughts upon WTO’s Law-Governing, Law-Making, Law-Enforcing, Law-Abiding, and Law-Reforming....Pages 241-269
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Should the Four “Great Safeguards” in Sino-foreign BITs Be Hastily Dismantled? Comments on Critical Provisions Concerning Dispute Settlement in Model US and Canadian BITs....Pages 273-307
Distinguishing Two Types of Countries and Properly Granting Differential Reciprocity Treatment: Re-comments on the Four Safeguards in Sino-Foreign BITs Not to Be Hastily and Completely Dismantled....Pages 309-335
Queries to the Recent ICSID Decision on Jurisdiction Upon the Case of Tza Yap Shum v. Republic of Peru: Should China–Peru BIT 1994 Be Applied to Hong Kong SAR Under the “One Country, Two Systems” Policy?....Pages 337-372
Should “The Perspective of South–North Contradictions” Be Abandoned?: Focusing on 2012 Sino-Canada BIT....Pages 373-403
Front Matter....Pages 405-405
To Open Wider or to Close Again: China’s Foreign Investment Policies and Laws....Pages 407-452
To Close Again or to Open Wider: The Sino-US Economic Interdependence and the Legal Environment for Foreign Investment in China After Tiananmen....Pages 453-466
Should an Absolute Immunity from Nationalization for Foreign Investment Be Enacted in China’s Economic Law?....Pages 467-481
China’s Special Economic Zones and Coastal Port Cities: Their Development and Legal Framework....Pages 483-546
Why Some Sino-foreign Economic Contracts Are Void and How Voidness Can Be Prevented....Pages 547-579
On the Supervision Mechanism of Chinese Foreign-Related Arbitration and Its Tally with International Practices....Pages 581-621
Is Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards an Issue for Establishment and Improvement in China?....Pages 623-631
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The Truth Among the Fogbound “Expropriation” Claim: Comments on British X Investment Co. Versus British Y Insurance Co. Case....Pages 635-653
Front Matter....Pages 633-633
The Approach of “Winning from Both Sides” Used in the “Expropriation” Claim: Re-comments on British X Investment Co. Versus British Y Insurance Co. Case....Pages 655-673
On the Serious Violation of Chinese Jus Cogens: Comments on the Case of Importing Toxic Brazilian Soybeans into China (Expert’s Legal Opinion on Zhonghe Versus Bunge Case)....Pages 675-690
Isn’t the Strict Prohibition on Importing Toxic Brazilian Soybeans into China “Illegal”?—A Rebuttal to Lawyer Song’s Allegation....Pages 691-716
Three Aspects of Inquiry into a Judgment: Comments on the High Court Decision, 1993 No. A8176, in the Supreme Court of Hong Kong....Pages 717-752
Back Matter....Pages 753-789