China, the Un, and Human Protection: Beliefs, Power, Image

by Rosemary Foot

Book Overview

Over a relatively short period of time, Beijing moved from dismissing the UN to embracing it. How are we to make sense of the People's Republic of China's (PRC) embrace of the UN, and what does its engagement mean in larger terms?

This study focuses directly on Beijing's involvement in one of the most contentious areas of UN activity -- human protection -- contentious because the norm of human protection tips the balance away from the UN's...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198843739
• ISBN13: 9780198843733
• Release Date: July 2020
• Publisher: Oxford University Press (UK)
• Length: 326 Pages
• Weight: 1.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.4" x 9.3"