ABSTRACT
The Chinese approach is counter-current to existing peacebuilding practices because of its dissension from the 'unified standard for peacebuilding'. This chapter examines an insufficiently studied relationship: China's strategic engagement with post-war Nepal. It identifies the nature of China's involvement, examines its drivers and describes their implications for security sector governance in Nepal. The chapter focuses on China's peacebuilding role and Sino-Nepalese security relations. It reviews perspectives on Beijing's role in Nepal. The chapter discusses interview summaries and field observations. It also discusses existing knowledge and field knowledge by means of extracting themes and creating an inductive analysis. The chapter explores the literature and the field knowledge to create an analysis and theoretical discussion. The analysis and discussion are classified under three themes: nature, drivers and implications of China's involvement. The literature on China's engagement in Nepal indicates three trends: securitisation of relations, characterisation of approach and narration of influence.
