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The Chinese Journal of International Politics 2008 2(1):73-108; doi:10.1093/cjip/pon004
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Reproduced from the Quarterly Journal of International Politics, with kind permission of the authors and the Institute of International Studies, Tsinghua University

International Institutions and the Chinese Red Cross Legislation*

Wang Ronghua and Chen Hanxi{dagger}

{dagger}Corresponding author. Email: chenhanxi@gmail.com

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Scholars of globalization generally consider law as the least globalized of social fields.1 This is indeed the case; nation-states invariably view the right to make laws as a core element of sovereignty. International border restrictions also limit the influence of international institutions within the legal sphere. Consequently, as Lester Ross points out, ‘International institutions will not provide effective support for the establishment of laws’.2

The impact of international institutions upon the various sovereign nations that continue to join them, however, gradually grows, to the extent of affecting domestic legislation.3 This trend is clearly demonstrated in the influence of international institutions upon China's domestic processes, which is a focus of concern and debate within academic circles.

The century of humiliation and hardship that preceded the birth of New China in 1949 made China's rulers doubly cherish the country's hard-won independence. Sovereignty was consequently an extremely sensitive matter. By the late 1980s, . . . [Full Text of this Article]


   The Differing Effects of International Institutions
 
The Inadequacy of System-Level Explanations

The Inadequacy of Unit-Level Explanations


   The Internalization of International Institutions: An Analytical Framework
 

   Why the Case of International Red Cross Legislation was Chosen
 

   Changes in China's Identity and Proposal of the ‘Red Cross Law’
 
Hostility and Suspicion Phase

Integration and Positive Participation Stage


   International Pressure and Red Cross Law
 
Historical Memory and International Institution Pressure

Normative Use of the Red Cross Symbol


   Sovereignty Cognition and the Principles of the Red Cross Legislation
 
The Unity Principle of Red Cross Legislation

The Independence Principle of Red Cross Legislation


   Conclusion
 

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