{"id":10114,"date":"2023-09-22T14:00:06","date_gmt":"2023-09-22T18:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/ilj\/?p=10114"},"modified":"2023-10-03T23:57:53","modified_gmt":"2023-10-04T03:57:53","slug":"bend-dont-break-chinas-approach-to-the-international-human-rights-order","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/ilj\/2023\/09\/bend-dont-break-chinas-approach-to-the-international-human-rights-order\/","title":{"rendered":"Bend, Don\u2019t Break: China\u2019s Approach to the International Human Rights Order"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>Bend, Don&#8217;t Break: China&#8217;s Approach to the International Human Rights Order\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><em>By Jackson Neagli<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/ilj\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/84\/HLI202_crop-4.pdf\">Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I argue that Beijing is seeking to alter, but not undermine or replace, the international human rights order. Generally speaking, I agree with Andrew J. Nathan that \u201cthe liberal international order is resilient and that China prefers to join it rather than to overturn it.\u201d19 It follows that, with respect to human rights in particular, Beijing \u201cdoes not appear to be aiming either for major changes in the regime or for its abandonment,\u201d but instead \u201cappears to be content to work within the existing human rights institutions to shape them to its own interests.\u201d Put otherwise, Beijing is seeking to bend, not break, the current human rights order.<\/p>\n<p>[hr gap=&#8221;1&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999\"><em><a style=\"color: #999999\" href=\"https:\/\/pxhere.com\/en\/photo\/1640330\">Cover image credit<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jackson 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