Decoding Chinese Bilateral Investment Treaties

Abstract

This chapter aims to (i) offer a literature review of Chinese investment treaties, mainly bilateral investment treaties (BITs), free trade agreements (FTAs) and other investment agreements that China has signed with other countries or regional organizations; (ii) outline the key themes of this book by listing four interconnected puzzling but underinvestigated issues that this book tries to answer; and (iii) roll out the structure of this book by introducing the key content of each chapter. chinese bit law scholarship: in a nutshellChina is the largest emerging market perceived by foreign investors as the sought-after place with great potentialities and attractiveness. In spite of China's economic slowdown in recent years, China has recorded a consistent surge in foreign direct investment inflows (FDII). 1 Some scholars attribute this surge in FDII to the international mode which China chooses to follow in the field of international investment. 2 China's BIT regime is observed with a considerable degree of curiosity, and even suspicion. There has been a large amount of literature touching on China's BIT regime.This section is devoted to a brief literature review, focusing on research topics explored and methodologies adopted in the field. While international investment law (IIL) has emerged as a complex terrain, a pluralistic set of research themes and methodological tools have been used to study its ongoing development. These tools include comparative study, case law approach (relating to a single body of case law involving investment arbitration cases), historical study, 3 doctrinal study, economic analysis (not only of IIL but also of compensation or evaluation in arbitration cases) 4 and empirical study.

From Old To New: An Analysis of Changes Between The Old and New Regime of Indonesian Investment Treaties

“…In normative legal research, the systematic processing of data and legal materials is carried out through first collecting data and legal materials, then processing that data in such a way that it results p-ISSN 2774-7018 ; e-ISSN 2774-700X in coherent results to facilitate conducting the succeeding analysis. In this paper, the author uses various types of statutory approaches, conceptual approaches, and analytical approaches to analyze as well as rationalize the situation in regards to the Bilateral Investment Treaty situation in Indonesia (Wei, 2021).…”