"This volume explains China's foreign policy from the perspective of its historical recovery after 1949 and the country's subsequent rise as a great power, including its transformation into a global power. It also illuminates how China has, in tandem with its rise, developed an increasing array of political, economic, 'sharp power' and military capabilities that is helping it to further its increasingly expansive foreign policy objectives. The volume examines two key questions: What have been the implications of China's rise for its foreign policy? And how has an increasingly powerful and confident China used a range of foreign policy instruments to pursue its expanding national interests in Asia and beyond? The volume is divided into three parts, covering the conceptualization and drivers of China's foreign policy, China's relations with the world, and the instruments of China's foreign policy, namely, its economic power, military capabilities and its 'sharp power' manipulation of information and relationships. It will be of interest to academics, students and researchers interested in understanding China's role in world politics"--
The volume is divided into three parts, covering the conceptualization and drivers of Chinas foreign policy, Chinas relations with the world, and the instruments of Chinas foreign policy, namely, its economic power, military capabilities and its sharp power manipulation of information and relationships.
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PART I Conceptualization and drivers of China's foreign policy |
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1 Introduction: China's foreign policy |
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2 Conceptualizing China as an international actor |
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16 | (16) |
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3 Historical drivers of China's foreign policy |
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4 China and its lost territories |
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PART II China's relations with the world |
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5 China-Soviet Union/Russia relations |
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69 | (15) |
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6 China's relations with the United States |
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102 | (17) |
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8 China's relations with the rest of the world |
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PART III Instruments of China's foreign policy |
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9 China's military power and foreign policy |
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139 | (17) |
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10 China's Belt and Road Initiative |
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156 | (18) |
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11 China's `sharp power' manipulation of information and relationships |
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174 | (19) |
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Andrea Benvenuti is Associate Professor in Politics and International Relations at the School of Social Sciences, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of New South Wales, Australia.
Chien-Peng (C.P.) Chung is Professor in the Department of Political Science, Lingnan University, Hong Kong.
Nicholas Khoo is Associate Professor in the Politics Programme, School of Social Sciences, University of Otago, New Zealand.
Andrew T. H. Tan is Professor in the Department of Security Studies and Criminology, Macquarie University, Australia.