China's Neo-Traditional Rights of the Child

Download or read book China's Neo-Traditional Rights of the Child written by Bao Er and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: China has a long and enduring culture involving a complex set of highly ritualised social roles. Less well known, however, is the existence throughout Chinese history and society of a vibrant culture of contract. In 1978 China began opening up to the West. Since then China has signed a wide range of international agreements (including the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child) and adopted a large number of Westernised laws which make a number of child promises (ie. promises aimed at minimising child-harm). However, the rights a child might legitimately enjoy in China at the present time, over and above those connected with their social obligations, are based not on their humanity but, rather, on their capacity to fulfil a set of contractual obligations (promises) which stem from the status of parties as interdependent (not independent) human beings. ; ;This book develops a basic philosophical framework with which to explore and analyse China'TMs child-promises.