The Qing and Western International Law

Students facilitating discussion should prepare a introductory commentary on the readings assigned for the week,

1. summarizing core arguments, and points of agreement or disagreement.
2. They can and should make reference to readings that have already been discussed in previous sessions.
3. They should also prepare five broad and open-ended questions to generate discussion.

8). May 21: The Qing and Western International Law

Henrietta Harrison, “The Qianlong Emperor’s Letter to George III and the Early-Twentieth- Century Origins of Ideas about Traditional China’s Foreign Relations” (2017), 680-701.

Rune Svarverud, “Re-constructing East Asia: International Law as Inter-cultural Process in Late Qing China” (2011), 306-318.

Richard S. Horowitz, “International Law and State Transformation in China, Siam, and the Ottoman Empire during the Nineteenth Century” (2005), 445-486.

Structure: just suggestion for page

Everything need to write down page number or paragraph, so when I do the presentation I know where to look at. This is a presentation. So formal essay structure is not required. It would be just my speech for the presentation.

Also, let me know the order to present these three article. Like which one should I start with the presentation

One paragraph: introduction of all three readings topic, anything similar/difference, or how it connect together.


Henrietta Harrison reading

1. Core arguments (Main part, give 2-3 core arguments)
2. Points of agreement
3. Points of disagreement (add another agreement if you don’t have disagreement)

Rune Svarverud reading

1. Core arguments (Main part, give 2-3 core arguments)
2. Points of agreement
3. Points of disagreement (add another agreement if you don’t have disagreement)

Richard S. Horowitz reading

1. Core arguments (Main part, give 2-3 core arguments)
2. Points of agreement
3. Points of disagreement (add another agreement if you don’t have disagreement)

five (at least one for each reading) (it would be good if you can make 2 questions for each reading, but not require) broad and open-ended question with own answer

• Add refer reading and page/paragraph for each question
• Add citation /place for where the answer from