Timeline: China's participation in some UN peacekeeping operations
April 1990: First five military observers sent to the UN Truce Supervision Organization.
April 1992: Company of engineers dispatched to Cambodia.
April 2001: Company of engineers and a medical team join the UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Oct 2003: Transportation corps, medical team and engineering corps take part in the UN Mission in Liberia.
April 2004: Members of the police take part in the UN Mission in Kosovo.
May 2004: Riot police take part in the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti.
April 2005: Peacekeeping forces take part in the UN Mission in Sudan.
March 2006: Expands peacekeeping to the Middle East by taking part in the UN Interim Force in Lebanon.
Feb 2011: Sends personnel to the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus.
April 2012: Participates in the UN Supervision Mission in Syria.
April 2013: Contributes military personnel to the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali.
Source: United Nations Peacekeeping; Ministry of National Defense of PRC
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