TY - BOOK ID - 48222416 TI - Chinese peace in Africa PY - 2020 SN - 9780367024437 9780429399565 0429399561 9780429679926 0429679920 9780429679919 0429679912 9780429679902 0429679904 0367024438 PB - London ;New York, NY Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group DB - UniCat KW - CHINA--FOREIGN RELATIONS--AFRICA KW - AFRICA--FOREIGN RELATIONS--CHINA KW - PEACEKEEPING FORCES, CHINESE--AFRICA KW - UNITED NATIONS--PEACEKEEPING FORCES--AFRICA UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:48222416 AB - 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, the author 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. ER -