China is increasingly applying domestic law beyond its borders in response to US pressure, legal analysts have suggested.
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The “foreign-related rule of law” concept was first unveiled in 2019, and soon gained prominence.
Some leading Chinese legal analysts and policy advisers have said that the United States was responsible for this.
The 2023 Law on Foreign Relations was central to this drive, along with last year’s Law on Foreign State Immunity and the Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law of 2021.
Beijing also introduced export controls on products that have dual military and civilian uses as well as rare earth metals.
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“Simply put, it comes down to whether the global order should be governed by international law or by domestic law — and this is the dilemma facing the international community today,” Cai Congyan, a legal professor from Fudan University, told a seminar at Hong Kong University law school on Monday.