A TROJAN HORSE BEHIND CHINESE WALLS?: PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS OF US-SPONSORED “RULE OF LAW” REFORM PROJECTS IN THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

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Title:	A TROJAN HORSE BEHIND CHINESE WALLS?: PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS OF US-SPONSORED “RULE OF LAW” REFORM PROJECTS IN THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
Source:	CID Working Paper No. 47, Law and Development Paper No. 3
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Year:	2000
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Author(s):	Matthew C. Stephenson
Keywords:	China, human rights, legal norms, legal reform, political reform, rule of law, US, legal culture, Latin America
Abstract:	The US government has announced an initiative to promote the “rule of law” in the People’s Republic of China. The US government sees the rule of law reform as a way to promote human rights and political reform in China, whereas the Chinese government would allow a law reform for economic reasons and for not being perceived as a rogue. Moreover both countries have different apprehensions of what the rule of law really means. Even within the US government itself, the rule of law has a wide ambiguity of meanings. To deal with this divergence in goals, the U.S. has adopted a “Trojan Horse” strategy: The US believes that the Chinese will allow the US sponsored law reform programs for economic reasons, but once established, these programs will lead to broader political reform. The author critically reflects about the potential success of this attempt. An earlier attempt of the US Law and Development Movement in Latin American has failed.
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