중국의 수단 분쟁 개입 평가와 전망 = Analysis of Chinese Engagement in Sudan Civil War

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

China has been keeping non-interference policy in foreign affairs for a long time. As Chinese economy is growing rapidly and foreign investment also has expanded at large scale, they faced their own people’s safety who are working abroad and take into consideration on their reputation in the international society while they are pursuing their national interest. Subsequently, Chinese foreign policy is at the turning point where how to respond to the changing environment. In their new approach to the world, African continent became their first test for their new foreign experiment.
When the South Sudan civil war broke out in 2013, foreign experts insisted that Chinese principle of non-interference principle should be changed in order to protect the people and their premise abroad. At the same time, they saw this crisis as a good opportunity to turn into active engagement in international society. AT that time, government owned China National Petroleum Corporation put huge investment in South Sudan. In the meantime, Chinese representative also took part in political process to resolve Sudanese civil war with western hemisphere countries.
China, not like other developed countries, still is reluctant to interfere directly with military power or put political or economic sanction unilaterally. Rather, China has been trying to respect countries’ sovereignty and bring each parties to the negotiation table to resolve their difference because they also experienced similar historic background, so they have empathy to the African people.
China is viewed as a new actor in international peace and security matters so do they themselves are playing great roles in the world. They are also refraining from engaging or meddling in a certain country’s issue, while they are learning from other actors’ success and failure in the past. Even though China has significantly influenced political and economic issues, and practically China is lack of experienced diplomats, however, if they try to call relevant partied on the same table, it may not work well. Nevertheless, They will take the same path as shown in South Sudan in order to follow their own national interest.