The Chinese Journal of International Law as a Journal of China Studies a presentation at Fudan IAS (yee20090704)

1. The Chinese Journal of International Law as a Journal of China Studiesa presentation at Fudan IAS (yee20090704) Email: sienho@chinesejil.org Homepage: www.sienhoyee.org Journal homepage: www.chinesejil.org Sienho Yee / 易显河University Professor, Wuhan University Institute of International LawEditor-in-Chief, Chinese Journal of International Law (Oxford; SSCI)

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3. The Chinese Journal of International Law • The origin of the J; • Wang Tieya • 1980; 1999 • CN number; PKU; USA; First subscribers • Turning point: 2004 • New life: 2005 • New development: 2008: SSCI • New Plan: 2010

4. Area Studies & China Studies Working “Definitions”: based on received wisdom Area Studies Is a interdisciplinary field of research and scholarship that: • has a focus geographical, national/federal, or cultural region or area, • covers, in the practice of scholarship, many heterogeneous fields of research, encompassing both the social sciences and the humanities, and involves history, political science, sociology, cultural studies, languages, geography, literature, and related disciplines. In contrast to cultural studies, area studies often include diaspora and emigration from the area studied.

5. Area Studies & China Studies Chinese Studies: • Has China as the focus area. • Is interdisciplinary, covering contemporary and pre-modern, Chinese social and cultural studies, rural life, classical and modern literature, local history and folklore to politics, economy, geography, legal system, and foreign relations.

6. The Chinese Journal of International Law • The Chinese Journal of International Law is the leading forum for articles on international law by Chinese scholars and on international law issues relating to China. • An independent, peer-reviewed research journal edited primarily by scholars from mainland China, and published in association with the Chinese Society of International Law, Beijing, and Wuhan University Institute of International Law, Wuhan, the Journal is a general international law journal with a focus on materials and viewpoints from and/or about China (about 60%of the space each year), other parts of Asia, and the broader developing world.

7. The Chinese Journal of International Law Each issue of the Journal normally contains: (1) Articles; (2) Brief Comments, Notes and Essays; (3) Courts and Tribunals; (4) Developments and History; (5) Practice and Documents; (6) Reviews; and (7) Scholars’ Community.

8. The Chinese Journal of International Law • The Chinese Journal of International Law is covered by the following services: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI); International Political Science Abstracts; World Political Science Abstracts; WESTLAW (full text). • The SSCI covers about 10 journals in international law; outside the USA, the European JIL and the Chinese JIL are the general journals of international law covered by this index.

9. The Chinese Journal of International Law As a journal of China studies: • The Journal has China as the focus area, although, as we know, when we work in the field of international law, the whole world is our playground. The 60% goal: written by Chinese scholars or about China but written by non-Chinese scholars. • Interdisciplinary: The SSCI places the Journal in two categories: (1) law; and (2) international relations. • The Journal has a broadly conceived notion of “international law”, and has published materials about topics not strictly law but with an international implication.

10. The Chinese Journal of International Law • In light of the above, the Journal has a broadly conceived notion of “international law”, and has published materials about topics not strictly law but with an international implication. • For example, we have published papers on the green Olympics in Beijing; the Jewish experience in the past 800 years in China; traditional Chinese world views, etc.

11. Area Studies & China Studies Working “Definitions”revisited: • The definitions of area studies and China studies based on received or common wisdom as discussed above are not perfect. • In my view, stripped to its essentials, area studies is a field through which scholars present, critique and generally intellectualize on the spirit of a focus area. • China studies is thus a field through which scholars present, critique and generally intellectualize on the spirit of China.

12. The Chinese Journal of International Law • Under this new conception, the J would qualify as one of the MOST China Studies journals—a slightly awkward term. • The Journal presents, critiques and generally intellectualizes on the spirit of China in a way that is: • Most essentialistic and contextualized; the J deals with the most essential and most important aspects of the spirit of China, that is to say, China’s world view, its place in the world, and its participation in the international legal and political system; • Most innovative, rigorous and original; selecting articles: innovative ideas and arguments, or innovative and rigorous analyses, or excellent materials with archival value; • Most representative; attempts to present official/primary materials: digests of official and or judicial practice, and important official documents;

13. The Chinese Journal of International Law • The general idea is that the entire J is imbued with the spirit of China, and, of course, our efforts to present, critique and intellectualize on the spirit of China. • This can even be seen in the covers of the J. I am going back to the picture I showed you earlier. Can anyone guess where the colors are from?

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