ABSTRACT
Yin He stresses that liberal peace overemphasizes institution building and places too little emphasis on development. In his view, developmental peace more effectively helps address the economic drivers of conflict than efforts to build institutions. China, he argues, is no longer merely an ordinary participant in many important global affairs, but also a core actor, as China’s international identity has expanded from a norm taker to a norm contributor. Therefore, research into China’s normative contribution to the UN peacekeeping regime can aid understanding of China’s changing role in global governance. As many UN peacekeeping operations established in the post–Cold War era now emphasize peacebuilding, this chapter discusses China’s normative contributions in this area. The major questions answered include: What is the Chinese norm of peacebuilding? And what will happen when the Chinese norm encounters the existing dominant peacebuilding norm? As there are many challenges in the peacebuilding of post-conflict states, any one dominant peace paradigm alone cannot help to build lasting peace. Yin He contends that peacebuilding has two most critical tasks – institution building and economic development – both of which are indispensable for building sustainable peace. The peacebuilding in the twenty-first century will be a tale of two “peaces”.
