The Middle‐Income Kingdom: China and the Demands of International Distributive Justice.

This text explores the implications of China's rise to global power status on international distributive justice. It argues that the traditional categorization of states into developed and developing countries is no longer sufficient, and proposes a more nuanced approach based on a state's capacity to achieve a minimally decent standard of justice. The text discusses China's responsibilities towards least-developed countries and explores practical and theoretical implications in areas such as trade restrictions and agricultural subsidies. It also discusses the concept of state capacity and its relationship to the realization of Minimum Domestic Social Justice (MDSJ), categorizing states into three groups based on their capacity. The text concludes that capacity improvements are necessary for the realization of MDSJ and proposes a tripartite framework for understanding states in the international order. [Extracted from the article]