The Ashgate Research Companion to Chinese Foreign Policy

• The Ashgate Research Companion to Chinese Foreign Policy draws out the full range of topics and issues that characterise China's external affairs. The volume is intended to provide an overview of Chinese foreign policy that will be relevant both to experts in the field as well as those that are just starting to grapple with Beijing's international outlook. The investigation of Chinese foreign policy offered by the volume is divided into seven parts:
  
  - Part I focuses on the historical evolution of Chinese foreign policy by detailing the specific traditions and the altering paradigms of Beijing's external outlook proffered for the explanation and understanding of Chinese foreign policy
  - Part II discusses the different analytical perspectives proffered for the explanation and understanding of Chinese foreign policy
  - Part III considers the domestic sources of Chinese foreign policy
  - Part IV analyses the international impact of Beijing's outreach
  - Part V of the volume begins the exploration of China's relations with specific international actors
  - Part VI investigates the regional interactions of Chinese foreign policy
  - Part VII of the volume draws attention to several issues impacting both the practice and the understanding of Chinese foreign policy
  
  This Companion draws a vivid picture of the full spectrum of topics, issues, and relationships that define China's international interactions. The collection therefore provides a relevant point of departure for anyone interested in learning about Beijing's external affairs. Owing to the wide range of themes and ideas, this volume is essential reading for students of Chinese foreign policy.
• Contents: Introduction: engaging China's foreign policy, Emilian Kavalski; Part I Historical and Analytical Perspectives on China's Foreign Policy: In quest of independence: an unchanging paradigm of China's foreign policy, Lai-Ha Chan; International status: China's pursuit of comprehensive superpower status, Mingjiang Li; China's strategic culture and foreign policy, Huiyun Feng; China's rise and international relations theory, Dingding Chen. Part II The Domestic Sources of China's Foreign Policy: The rise of nationalism and China's foreign policy, Kingsley Edney and Baogang He; Communist ideology and Chinese foreign policy, Winberg Chai; The 'new security concept': the role of the military in China's foreign policy, Yee-Kuang Heng; Economic development and China's foreign policy, Hongyi Lai and Su-jeong Kang. Part III The International Impact of China's Foreign Policy: Soft power in Chinese foreign policy: concepts, policies, and effectiveness, James Reilly; Religion, culture and Confucius Institutes in China's foreign policy, Kim-Kwong Chan and Alan Hunter; Overseas Chinese and Chinese foreign policy, John Lee; China and the global surge for resources, Carrie Liu Currier. Part IV China's Bilateral Interactions: The relations between China and the USA, Jian Yang; China's bilateral interactions with Russia, Susan Turner Haynes; Perspectives on China's relations with the European Union, Reuben Wong; Sino-Indian relations: peaceful coexistence or pending rivalry, Jing-dong Yuan. Part V China's Regional Strategies: China's relations with the Middle East, Niv Horesh; China's relations with Central Asia (SCO), Russell Ong; China's relations with Southeast Asia (ASEAN), Ming-Te Hung and Mei-Hsien Lee; China's relations with Northeast Asia, Enyu Zhang; China's relations with Africa, May Tan-Mullins and Giles Mohan; China's relations with Latin America, Tung-Chieh Tsai and Tony Tai-Ting Liu; Anchoring China's oceanic relations: Australia and New Zealand, Nicholas Thomas. Part VI Outstanding Issues in China's Foreign Policy: The logic and strategies of Beijing's policy towards Taiwan, Zhiming Chen; China and peacekeeping operations, Chin-Hao Huang; Globalization and China, Lui Hebron; China's climate policy and foreign diplomacy, Bo Miao; Tibet, human rights and Chinese foreign policy, Yuchao Zhu; China and transnational social movements, Jie Chen; 'The great firewall of China': internet censorship and Chinese foreign policy, Sheng Ding; China and outer space, Rosita Dellios; Epilogue: whither China and its foreign policy? Future trends, developments, and the logic of relationships of China's international interactions, Emilian Kavalski; Bibliography; Index.
• About the Editor: Emilian Kavalski is Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations at the University of Western Sydney (Australia). His research and publications explore the security governance of complexity and the interactions between China, India and the European Union in Central Asia.
• Reviews: 'The world now finds itself at the cusp of momentous transformation effected most importantly by the accelerated rise of China. This timely book tracks China's expanding global agenda, while noting the irony of its increasing preoccupation at home. It offers an accessible and cogent synopsis of key issues, but also raises critical questions about China's foreign policy.'
  Yong Deng, U.S. Naval Academy, USA
  
  'This wide-ranging collection of essays on Chinese foreign policy, written by the experts in the field from both inside and outside China, makes an important contribution to the current literature. This book deserves a careful reading by all scholars and policy makers interested in Chinese foreign policy. It also offers an important, comprehensive, and essential reading for graduate and undergraduate courses in Chinese foreign policy.'
  Sujian Guo, San Francisco State University Center for U.S.-China Policy Studies, USA.
  
  
  'This is an ambitious study of China's foreign relations that brings together a collection of talented scholars, many with a Chinese heritage, who offer refreshingly different but informed perspectives into critical and sometimes original aspects of China's external interactions. This book helps to address some important gaps in the understanding of how China views and interprets the world.'
  Tai Ming Cheung, University of California San Diego, USA.
  
  
  This title is also available as an ebook, ISBN 978-1-4094-2271-6
  Dr Emilian Kavalski's profile page on the University of Western Sydney website.