Abstract：By reviewing the past of China-Ryukyu communication in the Ming and Qing Dynasties， we can clearly see how the traditional international legal order， which is totally different from nowadays’ western mode， effectively works in East Asia. What’s more， we can also indicate the huge economic benefits and national security concerns at the back of this kind of international legal order. Ryukyu’s overturn， coursed by Japan’s invasion， as the key point of the transition of the international legal order in East Asia， declared that the traditional international legal system which is China centered was going collapsing. All the nations in Chinese cultural circle were forced to enter the newer international legal order which is belonging to western colonial system by the trend of history.
邱 唐. 从中琉关系变迁看东亚国际法秩序的嬗变[J]. 华中师范大学学报（人文社会科学版）, 2017, 56(6): 115-123.
Qiu Tang. The Evolvement of the Order of International Law in East Asia——From the View of the Transitions of China-Ryukyu Relations. journal1, 2017, 56(6): 115-123.
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