Chinese Foreign Policy: Theory and Practice

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What decision making process is used by the People's Republic of China in forming its foreign policy? Has this process changed at all in recent years, and what can the world expect in their relations with China after Deng Xiaoping? This work offers and unprecedented survey of China's foreign relations since 1949. The contributors include leading historians, economists, and political scientists in the field of Chinese studies, as well as noteworthy international relations specialists. Beginning with an analysis of the historical, perceptual, economic, and political sources of Chinese foreign policy, the work reviews China's desire to ensure its own security and regain freedom of initiative in its foreign relations. The work then reviews the international sources of China's foreign relations, such as strategic systems and scientific imperatives, as the country searches for a redefined role in the multipolar world order. By taking a useful interdisciplinary approach, this book greatly contributes to our understanding of China's modern role in international relations. Contents 1. Introduction I. Domestic Sources of Chinese Foreign Policy 2. Traditions of Centrality, Authority, and Management in Modem China’s Foreign Relations 3. Perception and Ideology in Chinese Foreign Policy 4. The Foreign Policy Implications of China’s Economic Development Strategy 5. Élite Politics and the Development of China’s Foreign Relations Appendix: Structure of the Foreign Affairs System II. International Sources of Chinese Foreign Policy 6. China and the International Strategic System 7. International Science and Technology and Chinese Foreign Policy III. China’s Bilateral and Regional Relationships 8. Patterns of Interaction in Sino-American Relations 9. Nationalism and Internationalism: Sino-Soviet Relations 10. China and Europe: The Significance of a Secondary Relationship 11. China and Africa: Consensus and Camouflage 12. Myth and Reality in China’s Relations with the Middle East 13. China as an Asian Power IV. Patterns of Behaviour in Chinese Foreign Policy 14. China’s Co-operative Behaviour 15. China’s International Organizational Behaviour 16. China’s International Economic Behaviour 17. China’s Negotiating Behaviour V. International Relations Theory and the Study of Chinese Foreign Policy 18. International Relations Theory and the Study of Chinese Foreign Policy: A Chinese Perspective 19. Forecasting Chinese Foreign Policy: IR Theory vs. the Fortune Cookie 20. China in a Bifurcated World: Competing Theoretical Perspectives VI. Conclusion 21. Chinese Foreign Policy from the 1940s to the 1990s Appendix: A Bibliographical Essay on New Sources for the Study of China’s Foreign Relations and National Security Index