China increases peacekeeping role
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From North Korea to Zimbabwe to Burma, China has long been criticised for shielding rogue regimes from tough international action.
So it might come as a surprise that China has gradually been taking a more active role in UN peacekeeping. In fact, it's now the second largest provider of UN peacekeepers of all five permanent members of the Security Council. China doesn't provide combat troops but it does provide more than 2,000 civilian police, military observers, engineers and medical units in ten peacekeeping missions worldwide.
Presenter: Joanna McCarthy
Speaker: Stephanie Kleine-Ahlbrandt, North East Asia Project Director for the International Crisis Group
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