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Engaging in disaster relief and, more recently, post-disaster reconstruction has become an increasingly regular and institutionalized component of China’s evolving humanitarian diplomacy over the past decade. Drawn upon novel evidence from China’s growing disaster-related humanitarian aid to Nepal and unprecedented engagement in Nepal’s long-term post-earthquake rebuild since 2015, this paper explores the dynamics behind China’s transforming humanitarian diplomacy. The findings of this paper suggest that (1) Geopolitical and geoeconomic interests, represented by the Belt-and-Road Initiative (BRI), serve as a critical driver for the development of bilateral partnership in the disaster sector; (2) Non-state actors, represented private foundations and civil NGOs, have played active roles in the state-dominance cooperation in disaster management. This paper also suggests that intensified geopolitical confrontations, such as military clashes between India and China, would bring uncertainties to the Sino-Nepali partnership and be counter-conducive to humanitarian goals.
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Peng, L. (2021). Sino-Nepal Cooperation in Disasters: Dynamics and Challenges. In: Cook, A.D.B., Gong, L. (eds) Humanitarianism in the Asia-Pacific. SpringerBriefs in Political Science. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-4874-5_4
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