On The Support Of Africa For China In The Sino-America Human Rights Contest

Which force In The Human Rights Committee of the UN hasgiven firm support to China In the Sino ~American contest and thus hasa critical role in deciding the outcome?This dissertation tries to probe into this problem. It holds thatChina has defeated AInerica's anti-China proposal at the conferencesof the Human Rights Committee for ten times on end, one of the keyfactor of that is the support of Afica. The first part of this dissertationis to introduce the origin of the Sino-Anerican human rights contest.The second part expounds the importance of the Africa's support. Itpoints out that without Afica's support, China is hard to win thecontest. The third part analyses the reason for Afica's support toChina. It believes that the similar human right concept is the thoughtsbasis of Afica's support. The Sino-Afican traditional friendship isthe historical prerequisite to the unity of Afica and China. Thecommon benefits in the intemational contest is the political basis ofSino-African relationship. The economic and social development isthe major need of China and Africa, and that is a strong force topromote the ftiendly co-operation of the tWo. Finally, the dissertationlook forward to the Sino-African relationship in the background ofSino-Ainerican contest. It is of vital imPOrtance to reinforce anddevelop Sino-Afican relationship under the condition of theinevitable Sino-Anerican contest.