THE STANDING OF CHINA IN INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AID FIELD AND CHINA’S UNIQUENESS
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This study focuses on a prevalent topic named development aid
system that almost all the actors in international system consider. The
transformation from being development aid tool to being a part of development
cooperation became more important after some turning points in the countries’
history. For this reason, firstly the history and transformation of Chinese
development aid are explained with the key changes in China’s history. The
Beijing Consensus, some declarations and agreements are considered while
explaining historical transformation. In this context, the features and the
uniqueness of Chinese aid are explained in details. As indicated in the title of
this study, China shows uniqueness in development aid field. While China get
advantages of these features, these features may also create challenges in
international arena for China. In the last part of the study, the challenges and
critics that China faces are analyzed in the process that lasts from the
beginning of being a recipient country to be an active donor country. The
reports and international policies announced by official authorities and articles
are used to analyze this process. The untypical form of Chinese aid is seen at
the end of the study. The China’s implementations of the aid policies show the
way China goes. To better understand and realize the study, the overall
evaluation of the paper is situated in the last part of the study.
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