CHINA AND NEW INTERNATIONAL ORDER: THOUGHTS AND PRACTICE Of JUSTICE (original) (raw)

An essential element for the functioning of the international system is idea forming the basis for creating rules and institutions 1 ruling political and economic interactions of international actors 2. With the crisis of the position of the West since 2008 3 , one can observe non-Western actors' narrative pointing a need for a new international order in the twenty-first century. Behind that lies the idea of a "fair and reasonable international order" supported by the developing countries, and especially by the so called "emerging powers". The most important role plays the People's Republic of China (PRC), which reached the status of the second world's well-developed economy, aiming at strengthening its political position and seeking adequate justification for this process. The general aim of this paper is to introduce the idea of justice taking China as the example to see how a new international order respecting justice may be achieved. The paper has been divided into five parts. The first part presents justice as a matter of the utmost importance in various civilisational circles. The second one describes the picture of a new international order based on the perceptions of justice. The third one refers to China as a case in order to demonstrate how China expresses its pursuit for international order. The fourth one demonstrates opportunities and challenges China faces to build a new international order. The paper ends with a summary part that embraces all the crucial conclusions for deeper comprehension of the issue.