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- Title
Powers of persuasion? China's struggle for human rights discourse power at the UN.
- Authors
Oud, Malin
- Abstract
Since Xi Jinping came to power in 2012, the People's Republic of China has been on a mission to break what it describes as 'Western hegemony' around global norms. Beijing is engaged in a struggle to strengthen its influence in global governance and has identified increasing China's 'discourse power' at the United Nations (UN) as key to achieving this goal. Focused on human rights, this paper examines China's project to enhance its discourse power at the UN. It assesses how successful Beijing has been in shaping language, concepts and norms at the UN and to what extent there has been a power shift in line with China's aspirations. It concludes that in China's efforts to enhance its power over meaning at the UN, it relies less on its powers of persuasion to effect what Barnett and Duvall term productive power and more on compulsory power. China's vision for global governance and its growing clout at the UN has great implications for international order. In essence, China seeks to reshape international norms so that human rights become each member state's 'internal affairs' rather than a legitimate concern of the international community.
- Subjects
CHINA; UNITED Nations; HUMAN rights; PERSUASION (Psychology); INTERNATIONAL organization; ELECTRIC lines; DISCOURSE
- Publication
Global Policy, 2024, Vol 15, p85
- ISSN
1758-5880
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/1758-5899.13361