China: The Responsible Stakeholder's Overseas Operations

A People's Liberation Army (PLA) delegate to the Chinese National People's Congress (NPC) suggested March 12 that the NPC draft a law regulating military operations overseas. In recent years, China has stepped up its deployment of military personnel in U.N. peacekeeping operations, for search-and-rescue training and for bilateral and multilateral military exercises. As the NPC deputy has suggested, the PLA is going to become even more involved in the future, as Beijing demonstrates its role as a "responsible stakeholder."