Sudan

All around the world China's support for authoritarian states is backfiring.

Plus, China mediates the Sudan dispute and the Communist Youth League holds National Conference. Tuesday China links.

While China won’t support some cases being referred to the international court, many are too quick to dismiss its participation.

Although its interests in the continent are broadly similar, India’s engagement with Africa differs significantly from China. Will it prove sustainable?

Why Beijing’s energy strategy entrenches the narrative of China as a “irresponsible stakeholder.”

China has sought to bolster its ties to South Sudan while not damaging its longer and closer relationship with the north.

The tensions between Sudan and South Sudan offer an opportunity for China to show off its diplomacy.

Joseph Kony is now notorious for his role in Africa, including in Sudan. But China’s supplying of arms and oil money has also abetted the Sudanese regime’s awful behavior.

With little in the way of force projection, China’s dependence on natural resources in unstable parts of the world could undercut its economic ambitions. There are limits to freeriding.

Chinese policy over Libya and Sudan suggests a possible shift in its non-interference doctrine. What’s happening?

China has traditionally stuck to a non-interventionist foreign policy. But On Sudan and Libya, it seems to be shifting.