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EU Foreign Policy and Norm Contestation in an Eroding Western and Intra-EU Liberal Order Kapitel lesen Erstes Kapitel lesen

2020 | OriginalPaper | Buchkapitel

4. China Contestation of the EU’s Promotion of the Responsibility to Protect: Between Solidarists and Sovereignists

verfasst von : Lluc López i Vidal

Erschienen in: European Union Contested

Verlag: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

China and the EU are two international actors which have clearly differentiated international identities as well as perceptions and ideas about the rules which should guide the international system. In the area of humanitarian intervention to protect civilian populations from violence inflicted by their government, the EU and its member states have frequently defended the right and necessity of the international community to intervene to ensure against genocide. China has on occasion supported such a view, while on other insisting on sovereignty and non-intervention as fundamental norms trumping human rights. This chapter will explore the Chinese view of the principle of Responsibility to Protect and discuss the Chinese reaction to concrete humanitarian crises situations (Syria, Darfur and Libya). It will then compare and contrast with the EU and its member states’ views and explain how China’s norm contestation has influenced the EU’s approach to humanitarian crisis situations.

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1
Economists Mahbub ul Haq and Amartya Sen, from Pakistan and India respectively, conceptualised the concept of human security. They both challenged the traditional relationship between development and economic growth, adding other variables such as poverty, political freedom, health care or education.
 
2
After the report at the 2005 UN World Summit, the concept has been further developed by the 1674 (2006) and 1894 (2009) Resolution by the UN Security Council.
 
3
Both fundamental norms were enshrined by Mao Zedong’s view of its “Five Principle of Peaceful Coexistence” (1954), in particular, the mutual respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity, non-aggression, and non-interference in other’s internal affairs, equality and mutual benefit and peaceful coexistence.
 
4
Three main variables can explain China's strong commitment to both principles. The first one is related to the so-called century of humiliation, a period of Western intervention that affected China’s integrity and independence since 1839 until the end of the Japanese invasion of China (1945). The second motivation is associated with the ideological dimension of China’s Foreign Policy such as Beijing’s anti-imperialist sentiment or the non-alignment movement. Finally, the support to integrity is related to security concerns during the early stages of the Cold War. As stated by Zhong (2014, p. 91), China estimated there was a high risk of intervention by the USA, and as a consequence, Beijing opted for a defensive principle of non-interference. Considering the proxy wars of the Soviet Union and the UN, China was distrustful of any intervention in domestic affairs.
 
5
Stated at the Remarks to National Committee on U.S.-China Relations. https://​2001-2009.​state.​gov/​s/​d/​former/​zoellick/​rem/​53682.​htm.
 
6
The crisis started between some semi-nomadic groups and pro-Sudanese government Arabic groups in a region comprised of 6 million people and divided into 100 ethnic groups. In February 2003, The Sudan Liberation Movement and the Justice and Equality Movement accused Khartoum of marginalising the less developed region of Darfur, especially after the growing revenues during the oil boom in Sudan, and demanded power-sharing in the government of the nation.
 
7
Interview in Shanghai, February 2019.
 
8
The final document specified the exclusions of “any foreign occupation force of any form on any part of Libyan territory”, an idea that was welcomed by the Chinese Foreign Ministry. https://​undocs.​org/​en/​S/​RES/​1973(2011).
 
9
Interview in Shanghai, February 2019.
 
10
In Syria, the protests started when opposing groups to President Bashar al-Assad called for the end of the regime and the celebration of elections. The government in Damascus was rapidly supported by Russia, Iran and Hezbollah, while the rebels were backed by a US-led coalition of countries comprised by France, UK, the Netherlands, Australia, Belgium, among others. Although it is not the place to describe the complex conflict in Syria, it is worth mentioning that the war has caused about 500.000 deaths, six million internally displaced refugees, almost 6 million Syrians refugees and 13.1 million people in need of humanitarian assistance.
 
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Metadaten
Titel
China Contestation of the EU’s Promotion of the Responsibility to Protect: Between Solidarists and Sovereignists
verfasst von
Lluc López i Vidal
Copyright-Jahr
2020
Buch
European Union Contested

Print ISBN: 978-3-030-33237-2

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-33238-9

Copyright-Jahr: 2020

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-33238-9_4

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