China was the second-largest financial contributor to the UN peacekeeping mission after the US last year, with its share rising “substantially” as geopolitical tensions increasingly paralysed multilateral peace operations, according to a Swedish think tank.
“It was the the lowest level since at least the year 2000”, the report said.
Published ahead of the International Day of UN Peacekeepers on May 29, the report noted that while the numbers had been in decline over the past decade, 2025 saw the sharpest year-on-year drop in that period, sliding by 17 per cent.
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SCMP Explains: China’s growing role in UN peacekeeping missions in Africa
