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“Westphalian” Meets “Eastphalian” Sovereignty: China in a Globalized World

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 June 2013

Andrew COLEMAN  and
Jackson Nyamuya MAOGOTO
Andrew COLEMAN*
Affiliation:
Monash University, Australiaandrew.coleman@monash.edu
Jackson Nyamuya MAOGOTO*
Affiliation:
University of Manchester, United KingdomJackson.Maogoto@manchester.ac.uk
*
* Senior Lecturer, Department of Business Law and Taxation, Monash University.
** Senior Lecturer, School of Law, University of Manchester.
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Abstract

It is the purpose of this paper to examine what challenges globalization poses to China, and “Eastphalian” sovereignty. Some commentators have suggested that globalization's advance will transform the globe into something more closely resembling the West. Accordingly, it could be said that it is inevitable that globalization's influences will bring Western perceptions of liberalism and democracy to China. The paper will briefly sketch the broad outlines of sovereignty and globalization to enable working definitions of “Westphalian” and “Eastphalian” sovereignty. The authors then discuss and assess the engagement of European powers with China as a means of contextualizing Eastphalian sovereignty's essence as ideology and worldview. This discussion sets the background for the following analysis of China's and Eastphalian sovereignty's reaction to the notion of a global community.

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Asian Journal of International Law , Volume 3 , Issue 2 , July 2013 , pp. 237 - 269
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