1. A) Books and journal articles

Browne, M. A., & Blanchfield, L. (2013). United Nations Regular Budget Contributions: Members Compared, 1990-2010. Congressional Research Service.

Courtney J. Fung and Shing-hon Lam, “Staffing the United Nations: China’s Motivations and Prospects”, International Affairs 97: 4, 2021, 1143–1163

Feltman, J. (2020). China’s expanding influence at the United Nations-and how the United States should react. Brookings Institution, September.

Ikenberry, G. J., & Lim, D. J. (2017). China’s emerging institutional statecraft.at BROOKINGS, available in: https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/chinas-emerging-institutional-statecraft.pdf

Kent, A. E. (2001). China's participation in international organizations. In Power and responsibility in Chinese foreign policy. ANU Press.

Laffaye, S and others (2013). Changes in the global economic power structure: towards a multipolar world? Argentine Journal of Inter 2 national Economics | Number 1 | February

Mearsheimer, J. J. (2001). The tragedy of great power politics. WW Norton & Company.

Momani, Bessma (2016). Enter the Dragon: China in the International Financial System. McGill-Queen's Press. 267–288.

Morgenthau, H. (1948). The struggle for power and peace. Nova York, Alfred Kopf.

Olson, S., & Prestowitz, C. V. (2011). The evolving role of China in international institutions (p. 14). US-China Economic and Security Review Commission.

Rodrik, Dani. (2006) "The social cost of foreign exchange reserves." International Economic Journal 20.3: 253-266.

Waltz, K. (1979). Theory of international politics: reading.

World Trade Organization. Annual Report 2017. Printed by the WTO Secretariat, 177-178.

Zhihai, X. I. E. (2011). The rise of China and its growing role in international organizations. Journal of Modern Chinese Studies, 4(1), 85-96.

1. B) Internet articles

At a Glance - China and the IMF". www.imf.org. Retrieved 2021-06-06. https://www.imf.org/external/country/chn/rr/glance.htm

Bretton Woods Project. China and the World Bank. Bretton Woods Project. 2011-09-14. Retrieved 2021-06-06. Available in: http://www.brettonwoodsproject.org/2011/09/art-568894/

China Power Team. "Is China contributing to the United Nations’ mission?" China Power. March 7, 2016. Updated April 18, 2018. Accessed July 14, 2018. https://chinapower.csis.org/china-un-mission

Courtney J. Fung and Shing-hon Lam. China’s influence at the United Nations. Mixed report card: 18 December 2022. available in: https://www.lowyinstitute.org/publications/mixed-report-card-china-s-influence-united-nations

foreign policy blogs.China’s Growing Influence in International Organizations.April 12th, 2011 https://foreignpolicyblogs.com/ 2011/04/12/review-of-study-china%E2%80%99s-growing-influence-in-international-organizations/

Ghosh, Atish; Ramakrishnan, Uma (28 March 2012). "Current Account Deficits: Is There a Problem?".International Monetary Fund. Available in: https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/fandd/ basics/current.htm. Retrieved 04 December 2021.

Gnana, Jennifer. China opens door to trade crude oil and natural gas in yuan, S&P Global Commodity Insights, 11 Dec 2022, available in: https://www.spglobal.com/commodityinsights/en/market-insights/latest-news/oil/121122-china-opens-door-to-trade-crude-oil-and-natural-gas-in-yuan

Moonakal, Nadeem Ahmed (2022) The Impact and Implications of China’s Growing Influence in the Middle East. July 09, 2022, The Diplomat, available in: https://thediplomat.com/2022/07/the-impact-and-implications-of-chinas-growing-influence-in-the-middle-east/

OECD. "Purchasing Power Parities - Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)". Available in: https://www.oecd.org/sdd/prices-ppp/purchasingpowerparities-frequentlyaskedquestionsfaqs.htm

Praveen Jha, Two multilateral banks based in China,development and cooperation, 29/07/2022, available in: https://www.dandc.eu/en/article/what-ndb-and-aiib-have-common-and-how-they-differ

Review of SDR Valuation, December 2016, available in: https://www.imf.org/external/np/fin/data/rms_sdrv.aspx

South China Morning Post.PLA troops undergo training for u.n. peacekeeping missions. Jul 2018 https://www.scmp.com/news/ china/diplomacy-defence/article/2120754/chinese-troops-two-day-drill-prepare-peacekeeping

1. C) Charts

Chart 1: Top ten economies in the world based on GDP by PPP in 2022: gdp by ppp 2022: World Economic Outlook Database, October 2022 Edition". IMF.org. International Monetary Fund. Retrieved 12 October 2022.

Chart 2: The main players of international trade in 2021: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=File:Main_players_for_international_trade_in_goods,_2021.png

Chart 3: Top ten countries in terms of patents in 2021: Statista Research Department, Dec 13, 2022, available in: https://www.statista.com/statistics/257152/ranking-of-the-20-countries-with-the-most-patent-grants/

Chart 4: The main countries supplying the United Nations budget 2019-2021: General Assembly of the United Nations, Committee on Contributions, 11 February 2021, available in: https://www.un.org/en/ga/contributions/honourroll_2021.shtml

Chart 5: US trade with China 1985-2017: United States Census Bureau, Oct 2017, available in: https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/balance/c5700.html

Chart 6: IBRD projects in China 1981-2018: http://projects.worldbank.org/search?lang=en&searchTerm=&countrycode_exact=CN

Chart 7: Top six powers in World Bank voting rights in 2019: Scott Morris, Erin Collinson and Alysha Gardner, ABCs of the IFIs: The World Bank, Center for Global Development, OCTOBER 11, 2019, available in: https://www.cgdev.org/publication/abcs-ifis-the-world -bank

Chart 8: The presence of military forces of the top 5 countries in peacekeeping operations 2000-2018: China Power Team. "Is China contributing to the United Nations' mission?" China Power. March 7, 2016. Updated April 18, 2018. Accessed July 14, 2018. https://chinapower.csis.org/china-un-mission/

Chart 9: The share of financing countries in UN peacekeeping operations between 1994 and 2016: UN Peacekeeping Financial Contributions, International Peace Institute, December 2016, available in: https://www.ipinst.org/providing-for-peacekeeping-database/ppp-graphs

1. D) Tables

Table 1: Top 10 countries in 2021 current account balance: Current account balance by country: https://public.knoema.com/ rwidmdc/imf-world-economic-outlook-weo-database-october-2022

Table 2: Top 10 countries in foreign currency reserves in 2022: Elvis picardo, investopedia: available in: https://www.investopedia.com/articles/investing/033115/10-countries-biggest-forex-reserves.asp, retrieved on: august 11, 2022

Table 3: Top 10 countries in crude oil import in 2021: Daniel Workman. Crude Oil Imports by Country. worldstopexports. MAY 15, 2022, available in: https://www.worldstopexports. com/crude-oil-imports-by-country/

Table 4: Chinese positions in the United Nations between 2007 and 2010: Zhihai, X. I. E. (2011). The rise of China and its growing role in international organizations. Journal of Modern Chinese Studies, 4(1), 85-96.

Table 5: The share of three countries, the United States, China and Japan, in providing the UN budget 2001-2018: Browne, M. A., & Blanchfield, L. (2013). United Nations Regular Budget Contributions: Members Compared, 1990-2010. Congressional Research Service.

Table 6: The share of the top 10 countries in providing the WTO budget in 2017: World Trade Organization. Annual Report 2017. Printed by the WTO Secretariat, pp 177-178

Table 7: Comparison of the SDR portfolio in 2016 and 2022: Special Drawing Right, International Monetary Fund, July 29, 2022, available in: https://www.imf.org/en/About/Factsheets/ Sheets/2016/08/01/14/51/Special-Drawing-Right- SDR

Table 8: The main suppliers of financial resources for peacekeeping operations in 2019 to 2021: United Nations Peacekeeping, how we are funded, December 2022, available in: https://peacekeeping.un.org/en/how-we-are-funded