This article makes a major contribution to the emerging Belt and Road Initiative scholarship
(and international economic law) by highlighting that (i) China's existing investment treaty …

China is one of the most active states in concluding bilateral investment treaties (BITs)
globally. Its BITs can be categorized into three generations based on the homogeneity of the …

The economic and geopolitical implications of China's rise have been the subject of vast
commentary. However, the institutional implications of China's transformative development …

China is becoming one of the key stakeholders in the international investment regime. It is,
however, still unclear what role China can play in the ongoing reform of the international …

Increasing and intensified cross-border economic exchange such as trade and investment is
an important feature of globalization. In the past, a distinction could be made between …

Screening of inward foreign investment in numerous countries worldwide has heightened in
recent years for a range of reasons, one of which is the volume of Chinese outward …

This volume examines the range of Non-Trade Concerns (NTCs) that may conflict with
international economic rules and proposes ways to protect them within international law and …

In the last 40 years, the People's Republic of China (China) has emerged as an important
exporter and importer of capital. This transformation has also been characterized by a …

To date, investor-state tribunals have been preoccupied with a range of issues revolving
around the territorial application (territoriality) of international investment agreements (IIAs) …

Although Asian regionalism has commanded much attention from academics and
policymakers, it has largely been restricted to the trade and financial realms. This paper …