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  1. 1.

    Schwenzer and Schroeter [1], p. 36.

  2. 2.

    Schwenzer and Schroeter [1], p. 36; Jayme [2], p. 30.

  3. 3.

    Wang et al. [3], p. 29; Wang et al. [4], pp. 89–91; An [5], p. 174; Li [6], p. 209; Shang [7], p. 238; Wang [8], p. 266; Zhang et al. [9], pp. 326–327; Li [10], p. 332.

  4. 4.

    Knapp [11].

  5. 5.

    Khoo [12], p. 46.

  6. 6.

    Schroeter [13], p. 309.

  7. 7.

    Schroeter [13], pp. 329–330.

  8. 8.

    Art. 93(1) CISG; Jayme [2], p. 30.

  9. 9.

    Sale of Goods (Vienna Convention) Act 1987 (ACT); Sale of Goods (Vienna Convention) Act 1986 (NSW); Sale of Goods (Vienna Convention) Act 1987 (NT); Sale of Goods (Vienna Convention) Act 1986 (Qld); Sale of Goods (Vienna Convention) Act 1986 (SA); Sale of Goods (Vienna Convention) Act 1987 (Tas); Goods Act 1958 (Vic) pt IV (formerly Sale of Goods (Vienna Convention) Act 1987 (Vic)); Sale of Goods (Vienna Convention) Act 1986 (WA).

  10. 10.

    Sale of Goods (Vienna Convention) Act 1987 (NI).

  11. 11.

    Jayme [2], p. 30.

  12. 12.

    United Nations Information Service [14].

  13. 13.

    Köhler [15], pp. 20, 25.

  14. 14.

    Opened for signature 10 June 1958, 330 UNTS 3 (entered into force 7 June 1959).

  15. 15.

    Department of Justice of Hong Kong [16]. See Arbitration Ordinance (Hong Kong) cap 609, ss 92–98.

  16. 16.

    Department of Justice of Hong Kong [17]. See Arbitration Ordinance (Hong Kong) cap 609, ss 98A-98D.

  17. 17.

    Consultation Draft of Sale of Goods (United Nations Convention) Bill (Hong Kong) cl 4(b). See Department of Justice of Hong Kong [18], pp. 176–178.

  18. 18.

    Department of Justice of Hong Kong [18], p. 79.

  19. 19.

    Juenger [19], p. 554.

  20. 20.

    Department of Justice of Hong Kong [20], p. 6.

  21. 21.

    Hayward [21], pp. 34–35.

  22. 22.

    Sale of Goods (United Nations Convention) Bill (Hong Kong).

  23. 23.

    Sale of Goods (United Nations Convention) Ordinance (Hong Kong) cap 641.

  24. 24.

    Department of Justice of Hong Kong [20], pp. 6–7.

  25. 25.

    Department of Justice of Hong Kong [20], p. 7.

  26. 26.

    Wang et al. [3], pp. 5–6.

  27. 27.

    Cf Quarella SpA v Scelta Marble Australia Pty Ltd. [2012] 4 SLR 1057, 1061–1062.

  28. 28.

    Hayward [21], pp. 19–25.

  29. 29.

    United Nations Information Service [14].

  30. 30.

    Jayme [2], pp. 31–32.

  31. 31.

    Schwenzer and Schroeter [1], p. 29.

  32. 32.

    Department of Justice of Hong Kong [18], p. 79.

  33. 33.

    NT Beverages Group Pty Ltd. v PT Bromo Tirta Lestari [2017] FCA 775, [38]; Playcorp Pty Ltd. v Taiyo Kogyo Ltd. [2003] VSC 108, [199].

  34. 34.

    Yoshimoto v Canterbury Golf International Ltd. [2001] 1 NZLR 523, 547–548 [88]–[90]; Renard Constructions (ME) Pty Ltd. v Minister for Public Works (1992) 26 NSWLR 234, 264.

  35. 35.

    Andersen [22], pp. 147–149.

  36. 36.

    Jayme [2], p. 33.

  37. 37.

    Andersen [22], p. 148.

  38. 38.

    Schwenzer and Schroeter [23], pp. 147–148.

  39. 39.

    Kolieb [24], p. 371.

  40. 40.

    Huber and Mullis [25], p. 274.

  41. 41.

    Huber and Mullis [25], p. 289.

  42. 42.

    Knapp [26], pp. 539–543.

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Hayward, B. (2024). Tong v. Kaiping X Stainless Steel Products Ltd.. In: Guo, P., Zuo, H., Zhang, S. (eds) Selected Chinese Cases on the UN Sales Convention (CISG) Vol. 3. Selected Chinese Cases on the CISG. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-6851-0_25

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