Chinese Multinational Companies and Human Rights

<P>Human rights have been transformed to a mainstream issue for multinational companies (MNCs) with a global presence in the 21st century. A multipronged mechanism will imminently be demanded to ensure the accountability of economic actors for participation in human rights abuse. China has been the world¿s fastest growing economy in the past three decades with its multinationals rapidly emerging and becoming leading players globally. As one of the promising tri-polar global economic entities, China¿s growth of relations with Africa has been both unprecedented and impressive. The "go global" policy has been catalysing the growing engagement on the African continent of Chinese MNCs. </P><P></P><P>This book addresses the question of whether there are well-justified rationales to hierarchize human rights, which arguably would justify China¿s approach of prioritising certain development objectives over others. Secondly, it offers a critical challenge to the widely-held but most controversia