China's Foreign Policy

Challenges and Prospects

This volume examines the Chinese foreign policy framework today and traces its evolution since the post-Mao era. Through the consideration of China's relations with the major powers and its management of various challenges ranging from territorial disputes to energy security, it investigates China's pursuit of major power status and influence in peaceful international scenarios.

The author critically analyzes China's foreign policy from Chinese leaders' evolving worldview of the changing international environment. As China emerges as a major power and the second largest economy in the world, anyone interested in international politics and scenarios as well as China's foreign policy needs a basic, insightful reference book like this.

Contents:

• China's Foreign Policy: Coping with the Challenge of Power

• Overall Framework:

  • The Evolution of China's Foreign Policy in the Post-Mao Era: From Anti-Hegemony to Modernization Diplomacy
  • China's Foreign Policy in the Mid–1990s
  • China's Foreign Policy Since the Seventeenth Party Congress
  • Convincing the World of China's Tradition to Pursue Universal Harmony

• China's Significant Bilateral Relations:

  • China's Peaceful Rise and the .U.S — Mutual Perceptions, Mutual Trust and Planning for Future Scenarios
  • Chinese Perceptions of Russian Foreign Policy During the Two Putin Administration: U.S.–Russia Relations and "Strategic Triangle" Considerations
  • China's Japan Policy: Seeking Stability and Improvement in Uncertainties and Conflicts
  • China's India Policy: Balancing Global and Bilateral Issues
  • Sino–Vietnamese Relations in the Early Twenty-first Century: Economics in Command?
  • China's Iran Policy: Balancing Interests and Managing Expectations

• China's Management of Various Challenges:

  • A Chinese View of China's Energy Security
  • Battle Ready? Developing a Blue-water Navy: China's Strategic Dilemma
  • China's Ocean Development Strategy and Its Handling of the Territorial Conflicts in the South China Sea
  • From Non-interference to a Responsible Major Power: China's Engagement in Darfur
  • China's Approach to Intervention in the Syrian Crisis: The Challenge of Working through the United Nations System

Readership: Academics, undergraduate and graduates students, professionals and policy makers interested in China's Foreign Policy.
Key Features:

• The most updated and comprehensive book on Chinese foreign policy
• Analyzes the Chinese perspective critically and objectively
• Studies China's relations with key countries and its various significant global challenges