Chinese Investment Treaties in the Belt and Road Initiative Area

Abstract This article examines whether Chinese practice towards the making of investment treaties with developing countries in the Belt and Road Initiative region will be different from the treaties that it makes with developed States. Though there is a shift towards the making of hard treaties with...

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Published in:The Chinese journal of comparative law 2020-06, Vol.8 (1), p.55-78
Main Author: Sornarajah, Muthucumaraswamy
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