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The PRC and Sovereignty at International Law: A Growing Symbiosis? Volume 4, No. 2 Justin G Fung , Alison T Lam LLB (Hons), BComm (Hons), Diploma in Modern Languages (Chinese) (Melb); Associate with The Boston Consulting Group, currently on secondment to Alcoa Inc, China. LLB (Hons), BComm (Hons), Diploma in Modern Languages (Chinese) (Melb); Associate with Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, China Practice Group. The PRC's perspectives on international law are not essentially the same as those of the predominantly Anglo-European international law powers. China's emergence as an active participant in international law and international institutions therefore has great significance for the development of international law. Focusing upon the example of territorial sovereignty, this article examines the competing perspectives and concludes that, while there have been, and remain, significant differences between Chinese and Anglo-European accounts of the international law on sovereignty, there is also growing convergence of views. |