China as a non-traditional donor: a case study of health aid

Project Member(s): Chan, L.

Start year: 2014

Summary: With the aim of unravelling the myths and misgivings about China¿s foreign aid, this research project uses health aid as a case study to examine China¿s foreign aid policy and its likely impact on the international order. As a `non-traditional donor¿, China¿s development aid policy is often characterised as being immoral and absent of political conditionality. This is likely to have a significant impact on the prevailing liberal values underlying the foreign aid policy of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). The result will advance our knowledge of the political dynamics behind China¿s foreign aid policy as well as the possibility for China to challenge the OECD norms and standards and transform international order.

Publications:

Lee, PK & Chan, L-H 2016, 'China's and India's perspectives on military intervention: why Africa but not Syria?', Australian Journal of International Affairs, vol. 70, no. 2, pp. 179-214.
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Keywords: China, foreign aid, health aid, political conditionality

FOR Codes: International Aid and Development, Health Policy, Government and Politics of Asia and the Pacific, International Relations, International Organisations

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