LSE Ideas posted on 27 October 2021 a commentary titled "'Everywhere and Nowhere to be Seen': How China's Role in the GERD Dispute Challenges Beijing's Non-interference Principle" by Lisa Klaassen.
China has significant interests in Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia, which are actively disputing the future of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on Ethiopia's Blue Nile. China is being increasingly pressured to assume a more active role in the dispute. Beijing's continued reluctance to engage based on its non-interference principle risks undermining its relationship with Addis Ababa and Cairo.
