Abstract
This paper examines the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) coordinated campaign to reshape the United Nations (UN) from within. Moving beyond traditional defensive diplomacy, Beijing now employs a three-vector strategy to embed its national objectives into the multilateral architecture. The paper argues that China leverages financial contributions to steer institutional priorities, strategically places personnel to influence decision-making and normative language, and utilises peacekeeping operations to protect overseas economic interests under a multilateral flag. Anchored by the ideological framework of a “community with a shared future for mankind”, this synchronised approach fundamentally alters the UN’s institutional character.
Keywords: United Nations, Chinese Foreign Policy, Institutional Capture, Multilateralism, UN Peacekeeping
