China and international law: Two tales of an encounter

Jean D’aspremont (1) , Binxin Zhang (2)

1 EdD - École de Droit de Sciences Po (Sciences Po)
2 CERI - Centre de recherches internationales (Sciences Po, CNRS)

This article examines how the encounter between China and international law is narrated in the Englishspeaking and Chinese literature and sheds light on the politics thereof. It particularly shows that the English-speaking and Chinese-speaking literature diverge as to the order of meaning in which the encounter between China and international law is registered. It demonstrates that the divergences between these bodies of literature are everything but innocent.

Keywords: China; critical history; history of international law; narrativization

Domains: Humanities and Social Sciences; Law

Jean D’aspremont, Binxin Zhang. China and international law: Two tales of an encounter. Leiden Journal of International Law, 2021, 34 (4), pp.899-914. ⟨10.1017/s0922156521000431⟩. ⟨hal-03971462⟩