New Frontiers in China's Foreign Relations
Zhongguo Waijiao de Xin Bianjiang
By (author) Ren Xiao, Allen Carlson Contributions by Allen Carlson, Mark W. Frazier, Wu Fuzuo, Paul H. B. Godwin, Yufan Hao, You Ji, Cheng Li, Zhu Liqun, James T. H. Tang
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Publication date:
14 October 2011Length of book:
230 pagesPublisher
Lexington BooksISBN-13: 9780739150276
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.
“This volume brings together ten scholars in an effort to untangle the complexity of China’s foreign policy. Carlson and Ren establish the overarching theme of new perspectives on the study of Chinese foreign policy by including chapters that analyze China’s foreign relations from traditional as well as newer perspectives, and bringing together Chinese and Western scholarly perspectives.”
“The greatest challenges of an edited volume is establishing a coherent theme that ties all chapters together and ensuring an even quality across the chapters. Carlson and Ren establish the overarching theme of new perspectives on the study of Chinese foreign policy by including chapters that analyze China’s foreign relations from traditional as well as newer perspectives, and bringing together Chinese and Western scholarly perspectives. However, the quality of the scholarship and analysis is uneven and each chapter does not make an equal contribution to the volume as a “rebuke to any who would attempt to forward simplistic interpretations of China’s rise” and an attempt to call “attention to the remarkable complexity of China’s emerging international profile.”
“The greatest challenges of an edited volume is establishing a coherent theme that ties all chapters together and ensuring an even quality across the chapters. Carlson and Ren establish the overarching theme of new perspectives on the study of Chinese foreign policy by including chapters that analyze China’s foreign relations from traditional as well as newer perspectives, and bringing together Chinese and Western scholarly perspectives. However, the quality of the scholarship and analysis is uneven and each chapter does not make an equal contribution to the volume as a “rebuke to any who would attempt to forward simplistic interpretations of China’s rise” and an attempt to call “attention to the remarkable complexity of China’s emerging international profile.”