Author: Ashton Ng
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From Treaty Ports to BRI Courts: China’s Legal Statecraft, Then and Now
China’s BRI-era ‘one-stop’ dispute-resolution model, centred on the China International Commercial Court (CICC) reverses treaty-port extraterritoriality by turning legal pluralism from an imposed constraint into invited jurisdiction through China-led venues.
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Opinion – The Domestic Roots of Xi’s Global Anti-Corruption Campaign
Fighting corruption is not just about catching crooks, but about changing the entrenched systems that breed them.
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Opinion – Why China’s Ambitious Agenda Could Fail in 2024
The international community should actively seek opportunities to cooperate with China on shared priorities such as climate change and AI.
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Opinion – America’s Questionable Commitment to ‘Freedom’
Whether in the original Cold War, or in a new one we may be entering into between the US and China, America extols freedom but pursues supremacy.