European Institute for Asian Studies
2018 AIIB Annual Meeting

2018 AIIB Annual Meeting

Asia’s needs for infrastructure finance rise to USD 2 trillion a year. Under the theme of “Mobilizing finance for infrastructure: innovation and collaboration” the AIIB’s President Jin Liqun called on all stakeholders to take responsibility and act.
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The Invisible Silk Road

The Invisible Silk Road

Discussions around the Belt and Road Initiative tend to focus on its tangible aspects; primarily related to physical infrastructure. Yet, a third “Silk Road” was proclaimed in 2015 to “improve international communications connectivity” and foster the internationalisation of China’s rapidly growing tech companies.
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How China Approaches International Law

How China Approaches International Law

This paper argues that China has a very different legal tradition that does not treat legality as carrying normative value in itself. Instead, China rather adopts a functionalist approach that impacts its approach to law until this day.
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