New Frontiers in China's Foreign Relations

Zhongguo Waijiao de Xin Bianjiang

Contributions by Mark W. Frazier, Wu Fuzuo, Paul H. B. Godwin, Yufan Hao, You Ji, Cheng Li, Zhu Liqun, James T. H. Tang Edited by Allen Carlson, Ren Xiao

Publication date:

14 October 2011

Length of book:

230 pages

Publisher

Lexington Books

ISBN-13: 9780739150252

This book stands as a rebuke to any who would attempt to forward simplistic interpretations of China's rise. In place of parsimonious arguments, or an endorsement of any singular set of images (whether pacific or confrontational), it repeatedly calls attention to the remarkable complexity of China's emerging international profile. More specifically, the leading Chinese and American scholars working in the fields of Chinese foreign policy, international political economy, and national security, who contributed to this volume argue that while China appears to be entering a new era in its relationship with the outside world, such a development encompasses disparate, even contradictory, policies, and, as a result, there is a great deal of fluidity within China's place in world politics.

Chapter 1 Introduction. A Time of Some Significance: The People's Republic at Sixty and New Frontiers in Chinese Foreign Relations
Part 2 Part I: Foreign Relations
Chapter 3 Chapter 1. The Moral Dimension of Chinese Foreign Policy
Chapter 4 Chapter 2. Unconventional Sources of Chinese Insecurity: What The Emergence of NTS Concerns within Chinese Foreign Policy and National Security Circles Reveals about China's "Rise"
Chapter 5 Chapter 3. Shaping China's Foreign Policy: The Paradoxical Role of Foreign-Educated Returnees
Part 6 Part II: Domestic-Foreign Policy Nexus
Chapter 7 Chapter 4. The Economic Factor in Chinese Foreign Policy
Chapter 8 Chapter 5. China's Domestic Policy Fragmentation and "Grand" Strategy in Global Politics
Part 9 Part III: National Security Concerns
Chapter 10 Chapter 6. Security Policy and China's Defense Modernization: A Sixty-Year Perspective
Chapter 11 Chapter 7. Strategic Priority and Choice: China's Search of Security in an Era of Multiple Threats
Chapter 12 Chapter 8. Pragmatic Compliance: China's Policy toward Multilateral Export Control Regimes
Part 13 Part IV: Emerging and Future Issues
Chapter 14 Chapter 9. Chinese Foreign Policy Challenges: Periphery as Core
Chapter 15 Chapter 10. China's Foreign Policy in a Globalized World: Challenges and Opportunities

Having successfully celebrated its 60th birthday, the People's Republic of China now embarks upon a new era of global influence, attention, and challenges. This book provides an insightful guide to the complex array of domestic and international forces shaping China's foreign policy today. Grounded in rich descriptions and theoretically informed analyses, the contributors reveal how domestic actors and institutions are transforming China's foreign policymaking, yielding important implications for Asia and the world.