Does China's development-based approach to human rights offer a partial if non-ideal solution to human rights in North Korea? This book addresses this question by bringing together expertise on human rights in both North Korea and China.

Baogang He is Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia, Alfred Deakin Professor, Chair in International Relations, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Arts & Education, Deakin University. He graduated with a PhD in Political Science from the Australian National University in 1994. Professor He has become widely known for his work in Chinese democratisation and politics, in particular, the deliberative politics in China as well as in Asian politics covering Asian regionalism, Asian federalism and Asian multiculturalism. His publications are found in top journals, including Science, British Journal of Political Science, Journal of Peace Research, Political Theory, Political Studies and Perspectives on Politics.

David Hundt is Associate Professor of International Relations at Deakin University. His research has a regional focus on the Indo-Pacific, especially South Korea and Australia, and he has explored economic development, foreign policy, immigration and inter-state relations in the region. He has published 3 books, 24 peer-reviewed journal articles and 12 book chapters. The quality of his research has been recognised in the form of awards, prizes and grants. He also has extensive experience in editing academic journals. He has been Editor-in-Chief of Asian Studies Review since 2018.

Chengxin Pan is Associate Professor of International Relations at Deakin University and Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of Technology Sydney. He is a co-editor of the Global Political Sociology book series . His book Knowledge, Desire and Power in Global Politics: Western Representations of China's Rise (2012) was translated and published in Chinese by the Social Sciences Academic Press (SSAP) and won an SSAP Best Book Award in 2017. His latest publications have appeared in European Journal of International Relations, Review of International Studies, Critical Studies on Security and Millennium: Journal of International Studies.

Part 1: The Global Politics of Human Rights in North Korea 1: A developmental approach to North Korea's human rights problem: Lessons from China? 2: North Korea's Human Rights: The View from the United Nations 3: China's roles in the UN Human Rights Council regarding North Korea's human rights Part 2: The Developmental Approach and Regional Actors 4: A development-based approach to human rights: The case of China and its implications for North Korea 5: Development or human rights first? Japan's approach to North Korea 6: Debating human rights and the development-led approach in South Korea Part 3: Prospects for the development-led approach in North Korea 7: The Constraints of North Korean Domestic Politics and the potential of China's Developmental Approach 8: Choosing a developmental approach for and in North Korea