New Dimensions of Chinese Foreign Policy

Edited by Sujian Guo, Shiping Hua

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Publication date:

19 July 2007

Length of book:

258 pages

Publisher

Lexington Books

ISBN-13: 9780739158166

New Dimensions of Chinese Foreign Policy is an in-depth analysis of China's new place in international affairs. Taking Hu Jintao's proposal for 'peaceful development' as a starting point, the contributors in this volume examine the new trends of thought in the fourth generation of Chinese policymakers. Special emphasis is placed on US-China relations. Editors Sujian Guo and Shiping Hua have assembled a list of contributors_many of which are Chinese or Chinese-American scholars_with thorough knowledge of changes in Chinese foreign policy and their implications for the world. The essays contained in this volume cover a comprehensive breadth of topics, including: China's changing ideology in foreign policy, Chinese elite perspectives on the rise of China, the political orientations of the emerging elite, social dimensions of China's power status, 'soft power' management, approaches to the North Korean nuclear issues, Middle East foreign policy, entry into World Trade Organization and foreign trade policy, changing attitudes toward international regimes, and the implications of China-U.S. interdependence. The insightful contributions of New Dimensions of Chinese Foreign Policy is essential reading for any student or researcher of contemporary Chinese politics.

Chapter 1 Changing Ideology in China and Its Impact on Chinese Foreign Policy
Chapter 2 Understanding the Rise of China: Chinese Intellectual Perspectives
Chapter 3 China Rising and Its Foreign Policy Orientations: Perspectives from China's Emerging Elite
Chapter 4 China's Contested Rise: Sino-U.S. Relations and the Social Construction of Great Power Status
Chapter 5 Tapping Soft Power: Managing China's Peaceful Rise and the Implications for the World
Chapter 6 Peaceful Rise: China's Public Diplomacy and International Image Cultivation
Chapter 7 China's New Approach to North Korean Nuclear Issue: An Economic Interdependence
Chapter 8 China's Middle East Policy and Its Implications for U.S.-China Relations
Chapter 9 The Energy Factor in China's Foreign Policy
Chapter 10 Increasing Interdependence Between China and the U.S. and Its Implications for China's Foreign Policy

Hu Jintao's government espouses 'peaceful development' to counter U.S. reactions that might slow China's rise. In this book, Chinese and American scholars together provide a superbly documented analysis of Hu's policies, e.g., on North Korean nuclearization, Taiwan's non-secession (rather than immediate unification), trade, and peace. Will such policies last until China's political elite may decide to make Beijing more liberal, and thus more predictable to other liberal states? Anybody who wants clues toanswer that question must read this book...