| ID | 115016 |
| Title Proper | Politics of compassion |
| Other Title Information | examining a divided China's humanitarian assistance to Haiti |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Tubilewicz, Czeslaw |
| Publication | 2012. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | This article examines China's and Taiwan's humanitarian assistance to Haiti, as well as the extent to which China and Taiwan - as non-Development Assistance Committee (DAC) donors - adhered to the DAC-established humanitarian assistance architecture. It argues that China's and Taiwan's emergency aid was comparable with the DAC donorship in terms of its declaratory commitment to altruism and the pursuit of strategic objectives. Both Beijing and Taipei considered cross-Strait relations and domestic and international public opinion when strategizing emergency aid. The primacy of politics determined a divided China's modalities of aid, funding levels, and institutional framework. The article concludes that strategic considerations - including cross-Strait politics, a suspension of cross-Strait diplomatic rivalry notwithstanding - are at least as significant as altruism in driving China's and Taiwan's humanitarian assistance. |
| `In' analytical Note | International Relations of the Asia-Pacific Vol. 12, No.3; 2012: p.449-481 |
| Journal Source | International Relations of the Asia-Pacific Vol. 12, No.3; 2012: p.449-481 |
| Key Words | China ; Taiwan ; Taiwan's Humanitarian Assistance ; Humanitarian Assistance Architecture ; International Public Opinion ; Cross Strait Politics |