Update | Crack international law team to join in China’s hunt for fugitives
Panel of experts will also help Beijing tackle territorial disputes with neighbours
Beijing is building a team of experts on international law to help repatriate fugitives abroad and tackle its territorial disputes with neighbouring countries.
The foreign ministry established an international law committee earlier this year, emphasising Beijing's hopes of advancing its interests through treaties and legal provisions, the South China Morning Post has learned.
The committee comprises 15 scholars and experts. These include: Shi Jiuyong, a former judge at the International Court of Justice; Rao Geping, a law professor at Peking University; Huang Jin, president of the China University of Political Science and Law; and Liu Nanlai, a professor at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.
Observers said China urgently needed to improve its study of international law as Beijing stepped up its anti-corruption campaign by targeting fugitives abroad.
Beijing released a list of 100 fugitives suspected of corruption last month - most of whom had fled to the United States, Canada and Australia.
China wants these nations to help return the fugitives as part of its "Sky Net" anti-graft operation.