The purpose of this research is to examine China’s emerging role in peacebuilding. With a
fast-growing economy, China is becoming very influential and has increased its political leverage
in conflict-affected countries. At the same time, China’s foreign policy and strategy
are evolving and Beijing is becoming more proactive in engaging and intervening on peacebuilding
efforts. China has developed a unique peacebuilding approach, one that is based
on economic growth as way to alleviate poverty and social unrest. China could contribute to
bringing these alternative and complementary perspectives to the Peacebuilding debate and
open this field to non-Western understandings. This research is going to examine China’s
approach, its origins in China’s domestic situation and how China is exporting this model at
the international level. Some of the aspects that will be analyse include: general aspects of
the Chinese civilisation, philosophy and history, the domestic situation as well as on the
ways that China handles its domestic conflicts in Xinjiang and Tibet; and some of the particularities
and characteristics of Chinese foreign policy that shape the way it exports peacebuilding
policies to the international arena. The intervention of China in the conflict of Kachin,
Myanmar will illustrate how Chinese peacebuilding is evolving and moving away from its
Westphalian principles of non-interference. China has thus become a key actor in supporting
peace and stability and it should be part of any debate around peacebuilding moving forward
based on shared interests in, and concern to promote peace and stability.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:BRADFORD/oai:bradscholars.brad.ac.uk:10454/14404 |
| Date | January 2015 |
| Creators | De Blas Marin, Isabel |
| Contributors | Not named |
| Publisher | University of Bradford, Department of Peace Studies |
| Source Sets | Bradford Scholars |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis, doctoral, MPhil |
| Rights | <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/"><img alt="Creative Commons License" style="border-width:0" src="http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-nc-nd/3.0/88x31.png" /></a><br />The University of Bradford theses are licenced under a <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/">Creative Commons Licence</a>. |
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