China and the Remolding of International Human Rights Norms

The life cycle of international norms is not actually a process of emergence, diffusion and internalization. As is shown by the logic of argumentation and the relational logic of process- oriented constructivism, the development of intemational norms may take another approach, one of origination, diffusion and remolding. Through dialogues on norms, discourse critique, self-remolding and other means, China has enriched the practice of remolding international human rights norms with a human rights theory centered on the right to survive and develop, thereby providing a new approach and new angle of vision that allows non-Western countries to break away from the monist approach of norm development.

国际规范的生命周期并非只是一个兴起、扩散和内化的过程。争论性逻辑和过程建构主义的关系性逻辑显示,国际规范的发展还存在起源、扩散和重塑的另一路径。中国通过规范对话、话语批判和自我塑造等机制,用以生存权和发展权为核心的人权理论体系丰富着国际人权规范重塑的实践,为非西方国家突破规范发展的单一路径提供了新思路和新视角。