Foreign media focus on China will send more peacekeepers to southern Sudan | Chinese peacekeeping _ in South Sudan News

　　Reference news, June 19 , foreign media say China has agreed to send more peacekeepers to southern Sudan, thereby significantly strengthening the security posture of the war-ravaged country. In the conflict in South Sudan, several ceasefires have ended in failure. China committed itself to sending a force of hundreds of troops to join the United Nations Mission in southern Sudan, so that the total number of such a force in the months ahead increased to about 20,000 people. Move to strengthen China's policy adjustments, never gets involved in steering the active peacemaking.

United States political commentary site on June 17, according to the world, China has always pursued a policy of not interfering in internal affairs of sovereign States. China has some of the most volatile regions in the world economy investments, but the Government usually avoid getting involved in local conflicts. Previously, Chinese interests of countries such as China Southern Sudan's strategic economic stage. Today, the continued turmoil in South Sudan's oil production, infrastructure construction ground to a halt, could jeopardize decades of long-term investments in the future in this new country and interests.

Article said that China's focus on the economic opportunities and the possibility of access to commodities, don't care about local issues. The decision to deploy additional peacekeepers, is the latest sign of changing such attitudes.

Article said that since 2005, since the signing of the comprehensive peace agreement ending the civil war, particularly since the independence of South Sudan, China's intervention has undergone significant changes, from "spoilers" becomes a partner. In addition to investments in oil fields, also in the field of agriculture, roads, railways and energy invested heavily, with a view to improving the infrastructure of the new State weak. China also promotes open dialogue with South Sudan civil society institutions, in order to find a way to deal with South Sudan's security and development challenges. Today, the South Sudan supply most of the oil produced in China, the State-owned China National Petroleum Corporation, South Sudan a considerable part of the oil production capacity than the European Union and the United States share oil investment more than the sum of it.

The article, in view of the violence ending in sight, South Sudan's stability and China's economic interests are at stake, China in ending the civil war for the purpose of consultations of unprecedented diplomatic role to play. Chinese diplomats throughout the process of negotiation is an important mediator and negotiator, with Western and African diplomats are working together successfully to achieve a cease-fire. Even leading the negotiations, China financed the African regional organizations to supervise a ceasefire.

Article said that because of the continuing conflict in South Sudan, limitations of the traditional policy of nonintervention, China came to prominence. China has adjusted the role, was the realisation in the case of turbulence and social backwardness of South Sudan, it is impossible to fully explore South Sudan's oil resources.

The article, for the moment, South Sudan is China's cases of conflict intervention and mediation. This is in a country that has the resources and stable interests exert diplomatic leverage unique opportunities. Although the overall motivation of intervention in South Sudan has not changed, economic objectives oil also remains stable, but the means used to achieve this goal. Beijing has repeatedly insisted that he will not get involved in Africa's internal affairs, but its recent practice showed that China has realized that, unable to guarantee and oil separating political and social unrest--these two intertwined forever.

(Edit: SN098)
08:40 June 19, 2014 Reference news