Humanitarian diplomacy as an instrument for China’s image-building

• Main Author: Gong, Lina
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Social sciences::Political science::International relations; China; COVID-19; Humanitarian Diplomacy; Image-Building; Southeast Asia
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/151495
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Image-building has been an important goal of China’s foreign policy. Humanitarian diplomacy provides a useful instrument to build a benign international image, given the altruistic nature of humanitarian action. China’s humanitarian diplomacy has undergone changes in recent years, such as substantia...