From Cautious Interaction to Mature Influence: China's Evolving Engagement with the International Investment Regime

IF 1.4 4区社会学 Q1 AREA STUDIES

Pacific Affairs Pub Date : 2020-03-01 DOI:10.5509/202093159

Wendy Leutert, Zachary Haver

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Abstract

As the Belt and Road Initiative expands the global footprint of Chinese firms, Beijing increasingly relies on international law to protect investments overseas. How and why has China's engagement with the international investment regime evolved over the past four decades? This article addresses these questions by examining the central component of the international investment regime: bilateral investment treaties (BITs). Through analyzing China's BIT practice and the security exceptions in 1,173 BITs concluded by both China as well as its treaty partners, this article provides evidence of changing Chinese engagement, from cautious interaction (1978–1991) to active participation (1992–1997), committed implementation (1998–2012), and mature influence (2013–present). As Beijing accepted, applied, and shaped the rules and norms of the BIT system, China's treaty practice co-evolved with the international investment regime. A co-evolutionary approach illuminates why—and how—state behaviour and international orders change over time.

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从谨慎互动到成熟影响:中国参与国际投资机制的演变

随着“一带一路”倡议扩大中国公司的全球足迹，北京越来越依赖国际法来保护海外投资。在过去40年里，中国参与国际投资机制的方式是如何演变的?为什么?本文通过考察国际投资体制的核心组成部分:双边投资条约(BITs)来解决这些问题。通过分析中国的BIT实践以及中国及其条约伙伴签订的1173个BIT中的安全例外，本文提供了中国参与变化的证据，从谨慎的互动(1978-1991)到积极的参与(1992-1997)，承诺的实施(1998-2012)，以及成熟的影响力(2013年至今)。随着北京接受、应用和塑造BIT体系的规则和规范，中国的条约实践与国际投资制度共同发展。共同进化的方法阐明了国家行为和国际秩序为何以及如何随时间而变化。

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Pacific Affairs AREA STUDIES-

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1.60

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12.50%

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期刊介绍： Pacific Affairs has, over the years, celebrated and fostered a community of scholars and people active in the life of Asia and the Pacific. It has published scholarly articles of contemporary significance on Asia and the Pacific since 1928. Its initial incarnation from 1926 to 1928 was as a newsletter for the Institute of Pacific Relations (IPR), but since May 1928, it has been published continuously as a quarterly under the same name. The IPR was a collaborative organization established in 1925 by leaders from several YMCA branches in the Asia Pacific, to “study the conditions of the Pacific people with a view to the improvement of their mutual relations.”