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Recent Approaches in China’s BITs and Impact on African Countries

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Chen Huiping*
Affiliation:
Xiamen University School of Law, China

Abstract

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Type
China-Africa Investment Treaties and Dispute Settlement: A Piece of the Multipolar Puzzle
Copyright
Copyright © American Society of International Law 2014

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References

1 The data are provided by China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM). China signed two BITs with Nigeria in 1997 and 2001 respectively; the former was replaced by the latter.

2 Davies, Ken, While Global FDI Falls, China’s Outward FDI Doubles, in Inward and Outward FDI Country Profiles 242 (Sauvant, Karl P., Jost, Thomas, Davies, Ken & Garcés, Ana-Maria Poveda eds., 2011)Google Scholar.

3 MOFCOM, 2005 Statistical Bulletin of China’s Outward Foreign Direct Investment, at http://images.mofcom.-gov.cn/hzs/accessory/200609/1157678176299.pdf.

4 MOFCOM, 2011 Statistical Bulletin of China’s Outward Foreign Direct Investment, at 10, 2012.

5 Id.

6 Id. at 15.

7 Davies, supra note 2, at 243.

8 UNCTAD, World Investment Report 2012, at 38.

9 MOFCOM, 2009 Statistical Bulletin of China’s Outward Foreign Direct Investment, at 9. The percentage is calculated by the author.

10 MOFCOM, 2010 Statistical Bulletin of China’s Outward Foreign Direct Investment, at 10. The percentage is calculated by the author.

11 MOFCOM, supra note 4. The percentage is calculated by the author.

12 Id.

13 Daele, Karel & de Reya, Mishcon, Africa ‘s Track Record in ICSID Proceedings, Kluwer Arb. Blog, May 30, 2012 Google Scholar, http://Huwerarbitrationblogxom/blog/2012/05/30/africa%E2%80%99s-track-record-iri-icsid-proceedings/.