China in UN Peacekeeping Operations: A 30-Year Assessment (1990-2019)

Abstract

This article presents a broad assessment of Chinese personnel deployments to peacekeeping operations (PKOs) for the past three decades (1990-2019). To this end, an original dataset was built with data collected from the UN Department of Peace Operations. The following four indicators were considered in the analysis: (i) total personnel contribution per year; (ii) personnel contribution per mission; (iii) personnel contribution in relation to the mission’s total contingent; and (iv) personnel in a given mission in relation to the total personnel dispatched by China that year. Generally speaking, UN missions in Liberia (UNMIL) and South Sudan (UNMISS) have been the main destinations of Chinese peacekeepers in the 21st Century, while Cambodia (UNTAC) was by far the only place where China got deeply involved during the 1990s. In addition to displaying descriptive data, the paper also briefly analyses Chinese engagement in these operations.

O Ascenso Da China E O Sistema Mundial: Relações De Cooperação, Futuro Compartilhado Ou Bipolarização Interimperialista?

“…Desde 1989, quando começou a participar com tropas, a China esteve presente em 30 missões militares chamadas de paz, enviando 35.000 chineses, para 21 situações de conflito (MONTENEGRO, 2021).…”