China's Puzzling Participation in the UN Peacekeeping Operations in Haiti

• Published in: Asian perspective Vol. 48; no. 2; pp. 327 - 349
• Main Author: Chen, Jing
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Seoul Johns Hopkins University Press 01.03.2024; 극동문제연구소
• Subjects: Councils; Diplomatic & consular services; Foreign policy; International relations; International relations-US; Participation; Peacekeeping; Police; Professional training; Sovereignty; Stabilization; Training; 정치외교학; Guatemala; Haiti; United States > US; China; Taiwan

This article argues that positive US-China relations enabled China in 2004 to diversify its strategy toward Haiti, a staunch supporter of Taiwan, by contributing its first-ever Formed Police Unit (FPU) to the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH). The organizational readiness of t...