Global Governance, Conflict and China sheds a unique perspective on China's normative behaviour in the realm of collective security, peacekeeping, arms control, the war on terror and post-conflict justice. This analysis engages with an Asian epistemological framework whose relational thought borrows from the context - space and time alike - that informs China's principle-driven conduct on the international plane. Through the lens of relational governance, this work develops a new theory on the relational normativity of international law (TORNIL) that identifies the interdependent sources that underpin China's international legal argument, i.e. norms, values and relationships. Without a fertile soil in which those conflicting relationships between share- and stakeholders can be rebuilt, international laws governing (post-conflict) violence cannot restore and maintain peace, humanity and accountability.
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Political Science
Human Rights
International
Law
Global Governance, Conflict and China 4
Copyright 5
Dedication 6
Contents 8
Acknowledgments 12
Table of Materials 14
List of Abbreviations 25
Introduction 30
1 China, Global Governance and International Law: Towards a Relational Normativity 37
Introduction 37
I China and the Philosophy of Science: Towards a Relational Thought 40
A Western Epistemology and the Conflictual Paradigm 40
B Chinese Epistemology and the Complementarity Paradigm 45
C Chinese Communism and Relational Thought 50
II China and International Relations: Towards a Relational Governance 54
A Relational Governance and International Relations 54
B China and the Forms of Its Relational Governance 58
C China and the Quality of Its Relational Governance 69
III China and International Law: Towards a Relational Normativity 73
A Relational Normativity and International Law 73
B China and the Creation and Development of International Law 78
C China and the Interpretation and Application of International Law 81
Conclusion 83
2 China and Collective Security 86
Introduction 86
I China and the Prohibition of Aggression 91
A China and the War of Resistance against Japan 91
B China and the Korean War 97
C China and the Principle of Mutual Non-aggression 104
II China and the Right of Self-Defence 118
A Individual Self-Defence 119
B Collective Self-Defence 129
C Pre-emptive Self-Defence 133
III China and the Expanding Grounds on the Use of Force 136
A From Collective to Human Security 136
B Humanitarian Intervention 140
C Responsibility to Protect 145
Conclusion 153
3 China and Peacekeeping 155
Introduction 155
I China and the Principle of Non-interference 161
A Security Council Authorisation 161
B Consent of the Parties 167
C Regional Action 176
II China and the Principle of Impartiality 185
III China and the Use of Force 192
Conclusion 200
4 China and Arms Control 203
Introduction 203
I China and the Principle of Sovereign Equality 216
A National Security 216
B Economic Security 229
II China and the Principle of Non-proliferation 238
A Prevention 238
B Supervision 246
C Disarmament 256
III China and the Principle of Humanity 270
A Prohibited Use 270
B Restricted Use 277
Conclusion 282
5 China and the War on Terror 285
Introduction 285
I China and the Principle of Non-interference 296
II China and the Principle of Non-proliferation 307
III China and the Principle of Humanity 311
Conclusion 316
6 China and Post-conflict Justice 318
Introduction 318
I China and the Principle of Judicial Sovereignty 329
II China and the Principle of Primacy 358
III China and the Principle of Complementarity 365
A Negotiating the Rome Statute 365
B Prosecution of Nationals of Non-ICC Members 366
C The Proprio Motu Powers of the ICC Prosecutor 378
Conclusion 381
Conclusion 383
I Global Governance, Conflict and … the Holy Trinity 383
II Through Consultation and Process 385
III Guided by Principles and Consensus 387
Bibliography 392
Author Index 448
Subject Index 458

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Global Governance, Conflict and China sheds a unique perspective on China's normative behaviour in the realm of collective security, peacekeeping, arms control, the war on terror and post-conflict justice. This analysis engages with an Asian epistemological framework whose relational thought borrows from the context, space and time alike, that informs China's principle-driven conduct on the international plane. Through China's relational governance, this work develops a new theory on the relational normativity of international law (TORNIL) that identifies the interdependent sources that underpin China's international legal argument, i.e. norms, values and relationships. Without a fertile soil in which those conflicting relationships between share- and stakeholders can be rebuilt, international laws governing (post-conflict) violence cannot restore and maintain peace, humanity and accountability

2025-10-27