China’s Foreign Policy

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 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.

The Authors

Acknowledgements

1. Introduction: China's Foreign Policy
2. Conceptualizing China as an International Actor
3. Historical Drivers of China's Foreign Policy
4. China and its Lost Territories

Part II: China's Relations with the World

5. China-Soviet Union/Russia Relations
6. China's Relations with the United States
7. China-Asia Relations
8. China's Relations with the Rest of the World

Part III: Instruments of China's Foreign Policy

9. China's Military Power and Foreign Policy
10. China's Belt-and-Road Initiative
11. China's 'Sharp Power' Manipulation of Information and Relationships

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