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Bribing Donors with International Human Rights Standing: Chinese Foreign Aid and Recommendations at the Universal Periodic Review

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국제학연구소 (The Keimyung Institute for International Studies)|2024.06|Journal of International and Area Studies|제31권 제1호|pp. 145-166|DOI 10.23071/jias.2024.31.1.145

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Universal Periodic ReviewInternational Human RightsChinese AidChinese Human Rights
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How does China use its foreign aid to influence the international human rights regime? China has recently been increasing its presence in areas of foreign aid and international human rights with an ambition to replace the Western liberal order. However, we lack knowledge about the relationship between Chinese foreign aid and its effects on the international human rights regime. Using the UPR-Info dataset, we systematically analyze all Universal Periodic Review (UPR) recommendations issued against China from 2008 to 2023. We demonstrate that countries that receive more aid from China are more likely to pat the back of China by issuing positive recommendations about China’s human rights practices. However, it is not significantly relative to a decrease in human rights shaming against China. Our findings suggest that China uses its aid for vote-buying in the international human rights realm, particularly by encouraging recipients to issue more positive comments on China’s human rights practices.

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How does China use its foreign aid to influence the international human rights regime? China has recently been increasing its presence in areas of foreign aid and international human rights with an ambition to replace the Western liberal order. However, we lack knowledge about the relationship between Chinese foreign aid and its effects on the international human rights regime. Using the UPR-Info dataset, we systematically analyze all Universal Periodic Review (UPR) recommendations issued against China from 2008 to 2023. We demonstrate that countries that receive more aid from China are more likely to pat the back of China by issuing positive recommendations about China’s human rights practices. However, it is not significantly relative to a decrease in human rights shaming against China. Our findings suggest that China uses its aid for vote-buying in the international human rights realm, particularly by encouraging recipients to issue more positive comments on China’s human rights practices.

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