China's International Relations in the 21st Century: Dynamics of Paradigm Shifts - Softcover

Hu, Weixing R.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0761818324 ISBN 13: 9780761818328

Publisher: University Press Of America, 2000

Synopsis

Most people believe China's foreign behavior is driven by its growing power status in world politics. Chinese leaders still firmly uphold some traditional values in foreign policy such as sovereignty, territorial integrity, and national unification. However, it is often neglected that China's behavior is also shaped by its changing perception of the globalizing world and, to a large extent, is a result of external pressure on China. By examining the dynamics of paradigm shifts in China's foreign policy thinking, this book explores the ideological sources of China's international relations in the new century. With growing economic interdependence with the outside world, which creates both constraints as well as incentives to adapt to the prevailing norms in contemporary international relations, authors of this volume analyze indigenous Chinese sources of intellect on the paradigm shifts. The concepts studied in this volume include national identity, nationalism, globalism, multilateralism, sovereignty, and the role of international law in Chinese foreign policy. This volume helps to shed new light on how the dynamics of paradigm shifts affect China's behavior in international affairs.

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Review:

?a lot of food for thought.--Yongjin Zhang, University of Auckland "The China Journal "

Having devoted themselves to the research of Taiwanese politics for over a decade, the authors amassed enormous amounts of original data and have effectively presented this information to the readers...All authors display impressive erudition, interspersing comments on ancient texts with the language of contemporary international relations theory.--June Teufel Dreyer, University of Miami "Issues and Studies "

...a lot of food for thought.--Yongjin Zhang, University of Auckland "The China Journal "

The editors and authors of this very useful volume represent a new generation of international relations scholars who have been educated in China and the West. . . This volume is, therefore, very much to be welcomed.--Journal of Asian Studies

Synopsis:

This group of eight papers written and edited by political scientists (and one researcher) consider the shifts in thinking, which have resulted in part from outside pressure, and reaction to this pressure by leaders in China who remain true to traditions of Marx and Lenin. Topics include: international relations theory in China; China's national id

About this edition

• Publisher: University Press Of America
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0761818324
• ISBN 13: 9780761818328
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 244