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China’s emergence in Africa is the most significant development for the continent since at least the end of the Cold War. Of the permanent members of the UN Security Council, China is also the largest contributor in terms of troop numbers to United Nations Peacekeeping Operations (UNPKO). While China’s potential to be a force for change in Africa is undeniable, there are wildly varied and sometimes unrealistic expectations in both the West and Africa of China’s role in Africa. A more detailed and nuanced understanding of Chinese motivations in its African engagement is necessary, in order to work effectively with China for African peace, security and development. With Liberia, Darfur and South Sudan as case studies, Kuo comprehensively examines the "Chinese peace" and places it within the context of the liberal peace debate. He does so using primary sources translated from the original Chinese, as well as interviews conducted in Mandarin with Chinese policymakers, academics, diplomats as well as Chinese company managers and businessmen working in Liberia and South Sudan. He also traces and analyses the Chinese discourse of peace, from traditional Chinese political philosophy, through Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping to post-reform and the Xi Jinping era.
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China’s emergence in Africa is the most significant development for the continent since at least the end of the Cold War. Of the permanent members of the UN Security Council, China is also the largest contributor in terms of troop numbers to United Nations Peacekeeping Operations (UNPKO). While China’s potential to be a force for change in Africa is undeniable, there are wildly varied and sometimes unrealistic expectations in both the West and Africa of China’s role in Africa. A more detailed and nuanced understanding of Chinese motivations in its African engagement is necessary, in order to work effectively with China for African peace, security and development. With Liberia, Darfur and South Sudan as case studies, Kuo comprehensively examines the "Chinese peace" and places it within the context of the liberal peace debate. He does so using primary sources translated from the original Chinese, as well as interviews conducted in Mandarin with Chinese policymakers, academics, diplomats as well as Chinese company managers and businessmen working in Liberia and South Sudan. He also traces and analyses the Chinese discourse of peace, from traditional Chinese political philosophy, through Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping to post-reform and the Xi Jinping era.
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The literature on liberal peacebuilding has shown that what the international community thinks of peace is a very specific thing drawn from the Western context, which is linked to the development of the idea of the liberal peace: the idea that economic and political liberalisation create conditions for lasting peace in war-torn societies. Yet, the concept of peace is not a universal one.Academic dialogue on peace-making and peacebuilding from different regions of the world is continuing to bring to fore localised views and experiences to the peacebuilding dialogue. Some of these reflect on inclusive engagement of the marginalised groups in peacemaking, indigenous perspectives on peace and peacemaking and local experiences of various regions. Explicitly or implicitly normative perspectives are always present in the different peacemaking perspectives.Furthermore, amid the transition from unipolar to multipolar world of politics, there are some budding yet interesting shifts that are likely to bring transformations to the understanding and the norms of peace and peacebuilding across the globe. Among many shifts, these include changes in terms of the key global actors, and a shift away from traditional donors as new donors have emerged. All of these changes bring with them new interests, opportunities, and challenges in the understanding of peace, peacemaking and peacebuilding.