China's Foreign Assistance and Its Implications for the International Aid Architecture

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ID13102807
AuthorsYaling Pan (Fudan University, corresponding author)
Year2015
Volume01
Issue02
Pages283-304
Publication date2015-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueChina Quarterly of International Strategic Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2377-7400 • E-ISSN: 2377-7419
PublisherWorld Scientific (PUBLISHER • SG)
DOI10.1142/s2377740015500141
OpenAlexW2241598121
LanguageEN
Citations received7

China is now emerging as one of the most important development partners in the world. Based on its double identities as both recipient and donor, China has developed some specialties in terms of international development assistance. What new elements has China brought to the international aid architecture? This essay argues that the Chinese foreign assistance theory has four unique features, namely prioritizing development without setting any precondition; building win-win relationships with recipient countries through promotion of their independent development and national interests; insisting on equality rather than moral preaching, as well as keeping strategic patience while avoiding technical short-sightedness. Despite such specialties, China's foreign assistance is still practiced under international frameworks; the changes it aims to make should not be regarded as a "quiet revolution," but as an amendment to the existing international aid architecture

Business · China · Economic growth · Economics · International trade · Patience · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Promotion (chess · Sociology · History · International Development and Aid · Law · Psychology · Architecture

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