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Sovereignty, Human Rights, and Responsibility: Changes in China’s Response to International Humanitarian Crises

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Author	Wu, Chengqiu
Copyright Year	2009
Abstract	The question of whether human rights are above sovereignty has dominated China’s human rights discourse. Relying on a sovereignty-human rights spectrum, this article reviews China’s behaviors, particularly its participation in the UN Security Council, in managing the three major international humanitarian crises in the post-Cold War era—Rwanda, Kosovo, and Darfur, and finds that there have been impressive changes in China’s response to the crises. Yet, a content analysis of China’s official discourse on human rights finds that China’s attitudes towards sovereignty and human rights have not changed much. Drawing on constructivist international relations theory, this article attempts to explain the paradox. It is argued that the international discourse on the “responsibility to protect” has brought about changes in international norms regarding violations of human rights and humanitarian law, and that, having undergone in recent years an identity change from a defensive power of bitterness and insecurity to a rising power aspiring to take more responsibility, China is more concerned about its national image and more receptive to international norms, which has led to the changes in its response to international humanitarian crises.
Starting Page	71
Ending Page	97
Page Count	27
File Format	PDF
ISSN	10806954
Journal	Journal of Chinese Political Science
Volume Number	15
Issue Number	1
e-ISSN	18746357
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Publisher Date	2009-12-04
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Sovereignty Human Rights Responsibility China International Humanitarian Crises Political Science
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Sociology and Political Science Political Science and International Relations

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