Chinas Foreign Policy and Practice

This book is one of the first wide-ranging surveys of China's foreign policy and practice from the 16th century to present day from a Chinese perspective.

Autorentext

Wenguang Shao's international career has spanned academia, government, and business. In the 1980s, he taught in Beijing as a university lecturer and worked in New York as a simultaneous interpreter with the U.N. He was a senior diplomat in China's foreign service in the 1990s before he moved into television media in Hong Kong and Britain, doubling as a consulting senior fellow at I.I.S.S. (20152017). He holds an M.A. degree from the Fletcher School and a D.Phil. from the University of Oxford. He does consultancy work in his retirement and divides his time between London, Beijing, and Hong Kong.

Klappentext

This book is one of the first wide-ranging surveys of China's foreign policy and practice from the 16th century to present day from a Chinese perspective.

Inhalt

Introduction

1 Centrality of China and Foreign Contacts

2 Barbarians at the Gate

3 Opening Pandora's Box

4 Japan's China Wars

5 The Turn of the Century

6 The War of Resistance Against Japan

7 A New Power Under Test

8 Security Priorities

9 Boundary Settlements

10 Ups and Downs with the Superpowers

11 Refocusing on Asia

12 Africa and the Middle East

13 Trade Negotiations

14 Regional Diplomacy

15 Statecraft and Crisis Management

Conclusion: China's Place in the World

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