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Olczak, Nicholas (2017)

"A Shared Mission for Mankind" - The Chinese government's changing attitudes to international cooperation on climate change

Master thesis | Asian Studies (60 EC) (MA)

Global climate change has emerged as one of the world’s most serious problems, one requiring international cooperation. China, as a large country and big emitter, is vital to such cooperation. It is therefore important to understand China’s position regarding climate change and international cooperation. This thesis examined China attitudes and how these are changing by conducting discourse analysis of Xinhua articles published during the 2009 and 2015 United Nations climate conferences. It found China’s attitudes shifted significantly between these two conferences and it became much more willing to cooperate.

China

United Nations

Climate Change

International Relations

International Institutions

Environmental governance

Author

Olczak, Nicholas

Faculty

Faculty of Humanities

Specialisation

East Asian Studies

Supervisors

Schneider, F.A.

ECTS Credits

15

Language

en