Book contents
- China and the International Human Rights Regime
- China and the International Human Rights Regime
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 China’s Evolving Posture toward the International Human Rights Regime: 1949–2017
- 3 China, the Convention against Torture, and the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture: 1982–2002
- 4 China and the Establishment of the Human Rights Council: 2004–2007
- 5 China and the International Labour Organization’s Conference Committee on the Application of Standards: 1983–2017
- 6 Explaining China’s Behavior
- 7 Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
6 - Explaining China’s Behavior
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 March 2021
Book contents
- China and the International Human Rights Regime
- China and the International Human Rights Regime
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 China’s Evolving Posture toward the International Human Rights Regime: 1949–2017
- 3 China, the Convention against Torture, and the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture: 1982–2002
- 4 China and the Establishment of the Human Rights Council: 2004–2007
- 5 China and the International Labour Organization’s Conference Committee on the Application of Standards: 1983–2017
- 6 Explaining China’s Behavior
- 7 Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Chapter 6 parses the explanatory factors that account role as a constrainer and taker in the human rights regime.It also explores Beijing’s cooperation with other-like minded countries as a secondary influence on its behavior.It argues that the two most prominent explanatory variables were the CCP-government’s antipathy for scrutiny of its record and its preexisting ideas that stressed state sovereignty and local conditions, which caused Beijing to take positions that limited the authority and scope of the human rights regime.At the same time, I show that image concerns had an important restraining effect, inclining the PRC toward more cooperative stances.
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- China and the International Human Rights Regime1982–2017, pp. 221 - 242Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021