Fractured China: How State Transformation is Shaping China's Rise

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Is China's rise a threat to international order? Fractured China shows that it depends on what one means by 'China', for China is not the monolithic, unitary actor that many assume. Forty years of state transformation – the fragmentation, decentralisation and internationalisation of party-state apparatuses – have profoundly changed how its foreign policy is made and implemented. Today, Chinese behaviour abroad is often not the product of a coherent grand strategy, but results from a sometimes-chaotic struggle for power and resources among contending politico-business interests, within a surprisingly permissive Chinese-style regulatory state. Presenting a path-breaking new analytical framework, Fractured China transforms the central debate in International Relations and provides new tools for scholars and policymakers seeking to understand and respond to twenty-first century rising powers. Drawing on extensive fieldwork in China and Southeast Asia, it includes three major case studies – the South China Sea, non-traditional security cooperation, and development financing–to demonstrate the framework's explanatory power. 03.0_pp_iv_iv_Copyright_page 04.0_pp_v_vi_Dedication 05.0_pp_vii_viii_Contents 06.0_pp_ix_ix_Figures 07.0_pp_x_x_Maps 08.0_pp_xi_xi_Tables 09.0_pp_xii_xiv_Acknowledgements 10.0_pp_xv_xviii_Abbreviations 11.0_pp_1_19_Introduction 12.0_pp_20_71_State_Transformation_and_Chinese_Foreign_Policy 13.0_pp_72_120_State_Transformation_and_the_South_China_Sea 14.0_pp_121_165_Chinese_Non-Traditional_Security_Governance_in_the_Greater_Mekong_Subregion 15.0_pp_166_214_Chinas_International_Development_Financing 16.0_pp_215_232_Conclusion 17.0_pp_233_287_References 18.0_pp_288_300_Index