The paper examines the application of international treaties in the People's Republic of China. It is the first fundamental study of its kind in a Western language. When analyzing the domestic implementation of international treaty obligations, the law of the World Trade Organization is taken into account as well as the treaties protecting human rights. The paper comes to the conclusion that th…
China was confronted with the Western concept of international treaties under unfavourable historical conditions. In the 19th century, treaties were used as an instrument of the colonial powers to open China by force to engage in trade with other countries. For the Chinese, international treaties represented restrictions on state sovereignty and national humiliation. When international law text…