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Piracy, Protests, and the Problem of China

Piracy, Protests, and the Problem of China

October 28, 2019 | by Adam J. MacLeod

America’s relations with China should proceed from the recognition that the Chinese government is lawless. China flouts the rule of law, not occasionally or incidentally but characteristically, because the government understands itself as the source of law and unconstrained by it. The problem of China reminds us of the deeper laws that all nations must respect and that determine whether or not our positive laws are legally just.

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