China has become a major home country for outward foreign direct investment （OFDI） flows. As a result, the country is increasingly concerned with protecting its OFDI and facilitating the operations of its firms inve...China has become a major home country for outward foreign direct investment （OFDI） flows. As a result, the country is increasingly concerned with protecting its OFDI and facilitating the operations of its firms investing abroad and creating a strong universal international investment law and policy regime. This article briefly reviews the emergence of China as an outward investor. It continues with an analysis of some policy issues related to the rise of FDIfrom emerging markets. A brief discussion of issues central to the future of the international investment law and policy regime follows, before focusing on several outcomes that could be pursued under China＇s G20 leadership： non- binding shared principles that could outline the architecture of a universal framework on international investment; an international support program for sustainable investment facilitation; and the creation of an additional intergovernmental platform that would allow for a continued systematic intergovernmental process to discuss the range of issues related to the governance of international investment, preferably paralleled by an informal, inclusive and result-oriented consensus-building process that takes place outside intergovernmental settings.展开更多
Islamic Globalization is a combination of religious,economic,political,and diplomatic advances that are transforming the Muslim world.Its building blocks are the hajj and religious travel,capitalism and Islamic financ...Islamic Globalization is a combination of religious,economic,political,and diplomatic advances that are transforming the Muslim world.Its building blocks are the hajj and religious travel,capitalism and Islamic finance,democracy and Islamic Modernism,as well as new international regimes tailored to the varied needs and tastes of Muslims in diverse cultures.Islamic Globalization allows modern Muslims to join the mainstream of international life and to reform it at the same time.These are also China’s goals,particularly as Chinese leaders express greater interest in soft power;eager to identify with visions of civilizational exchange and global governance.展开更多
文摘China has become a major home country for outward foreign direct investment （OFDI） flows. As a result, the country is increasingly concerned with protecting its OFDI and facilitating the operations of its firms investing abroad and creating a strong universal international investment law and policy regime. This article briefly reviews the emergence of China as an outward investor. It continues with an analysis of some policy issues related to the rise of FDIfrom emerging markets. A brief discussion of issues central to the future of the international investment law and policy regime follows, before focusing on several outcomes that could be pursued under China＇s G20 leadership： non- binding shared principles that could outline the architecture of a universal framework on international investment; an international support program for sustainable investment facilitation; and the creation of an additional intergovernmental platform that would allow for a continued systematic intergovernmental process to discuss the range of issues related to the governance of international investment, preferably paralleled by an informal, inclusive and result-oriented consensus-building process that takes place outside intergovernmental settings.
文摘Islamic Globalization is a combination of religious,economic,political,and diplomatic advances that are transforming the Muslim world.Its building blocks are the hajj and religious travel,capitalism and Islamic finance,democracy and Islamic Modernism,as well as new international regimes tailored to the varied needs and tastes of Muslims in diverse cultures.Islamic Globalization allows modern Muslims to join the mainstream of international life and to reform it at the same time.These are also China’s goals,particularly as Chinese leaders express greater interest in soft power;eager to identify with visions of civilizational exchange and global governance.
