Medical Use of Human Beings

Garwood-Gowers, Austen

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“…59 In advancing "responsible protection," China engaged in norm-shaping, emphasizing a monitoring element during the use of military force and responsibilities for post-intervention rebuilding. 60 Previously, China was a passive supporter of the "responsibility to protect," which uses a discursive frame of sovereignty as a responsibility, as opposed to a right of states. 61 China's prior practice had been to emphasize state solutions for humanitarian crises and efforts to strengthen state capacities to execute their responsibilities.…”

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Separating Intervention from Regime Change: China's Diplomatic Innovations at the UN Security Council Regarding the Syria Crisis

Fung

2018

The China Quarterly

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China's response to the recent Syria crisis at the UN Security Council represents a crucial case in China's approach to intervention in that it breaks from China's recent practice of becoming more permissive regarding intervention. Instead, China actively worked to ensure that a firm line was drawn to separate intervention from foreign-imposed regime change. It did so by employing three diplomatic innovations: exercising multiple, successive vetoes; expanding discourse to delegitimize intervention as “regime change” by Western powers; and engaging in norm-shaping of the international community's “responsibility to protect” post-intervention. Together, these three innovations highlight China's desire to firmly separate the intervention norm from that of regime change. Using a variety of primary sources, the article also draws insights from interviews with foreign policy elites in Beijing, New York and New Delhi.

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Separating Intervention from Regime Change: China's Diplomatic Innovations at the UN Security Council Regarding the Syria Crisis

Fung

2018

The China Quarterly

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“…During the Syrian crisis, this was clearly reflected in China's firm condemnation of regime change strategies,128 which can be seen as an attempt to recalibrate the relationship between sovereignty and intervention in the context of pillar 3 action 129. China's staunch defense of Syrian sovereignty has also been linked to the fact that the Assad government remained largely intact 130. This, in turn, may Firstly, both the complexity and uniqueness of the situation should be highlighted.…”

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Preventing and Responding to Atrocity Crimes: China, Sovereignty and the Responsibility to Protect

Barelli

2018

Journal of Conflict and Security Law

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With China on the rise, a question that is becoming increasingly important for international lawyers is that of the potential implications of Beijing's strident defense of State sovereignty for the international legal system. Against this background, a better understanding of Chinese interpretations of sovereignty appears not only useful but also desirable. This article contributes to clarifying some of the intricacies of those interpretations by examining China's approach to the principle of the Responsibility to Protect (R2P). Through an analysis of both its conceptual and practical engagement with R2P, the article reveals that Beijing's attitudes towards questions of sovereignty and non-intervention in the context of humanitarian crises are more complex and nuanced than often assumed. After exploring the conditions under which China would accept infringements of sovereignty aimed at protecting basic values of humanity, the article suggests that the real challenge that Beijing will face going forward is not to show more willingness to engage in forcible interventions, but, rather, make credible contributions to peacefully preventing and halting the commission of atrocity crimes.

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Medical Use of Human Beings

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Separating Intervention from Regime Change: China's Diplomatic Innovations at the UN Security Council Regarding the Syria Crisis

Separating Intervention from Regime Change: China's Diplomatic Innovations at the UN Security Council Regarding the Syria Crisis

Preventing and Responding to Atrocity Crimes: China, Sovereignty and the Responsibility to Protect

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