Chinese world order, sovereignty, and international practice

Catherine Michele Jones; Chi Zhang

doi:10.5871/bacad/9780197267127.003.0009

Chinese world order, sovereignty, and international practice

Catherine Michele Jones, Chi Zhang

School of International Relations

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In the traditional Chinese World Order, the term sovereignty is an irrelevant term and concept. Yet China’s current foreign policy rhetoric simultaneously seeks to affirm the traditional World Order as a route to a ‘new type of great power relations’ and uphold an idealised view of Westphalian sovereignty. Ostensibly, this presents a puzzling relationship between the development of a Chinese School of international relations and China’s international practice. The use of the term and application of sovereignty is at the heart of this puzzle. This paper then asks the question: what is the relationship between China’s emerging theory and its practice in relation to the concept of sovereignty?

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Sovereignty
Subtitle of host publication	a global perspective
Editors	Christopher Smith
Place of Publication	Oxford
Publisher	Oxford University Press
Chapter	8
Pages	171-188
Number of pages	18
ISBN (Electronic)	9780191991745
ISBN (Print)	9780197267127
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5871/bacad/9780197267127.003.0009
Publication status	Published - 3 Nov 2022
Event	Sovereignty: a global perspective - Duration: 29 Apr 2019 → 30 Apr 2019 https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/sovereignty-global-perspective/

Publication series

Name	Proceedings of the British Academy
Volume	253
ISSN (Print)	0068-1202

Conference

Conference	Sovereignty: a global perspective
Period	29/04/19 → 30/04/19
Internet address	https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/sovereignty-global-perspective/

Keywords

Sovereignty
China
Taiwan
International relations

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