Ashgate Research Companion to Chinese Foreign Policy

Emilian Kavalski is Associate Professor of Global Studies at the Institute for Social Justice, Australian Catholic University (Sydney). He is currently working on (i) the encounter of International Relations with life in the Anthropocene, especially the conceptualization of and engagement with non-human actors; and (ii) the nascent Asian normative orders and the ways in which they confront, compliment, and transform established traditions, norms, and institutions. Emilian contends that in both these areas the application of Complexity Thinking has important implications for the way global life is approached, explained, and understood. At the same time, these research foci sketch a prolegomenon to the conceptual contexts of theory-building and policy-making intent on facilitating economic, social, and environmental interactions that promote the well-being of people in ways that are just, equitable, and sustainable.

• 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: 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 re

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