China's Foreign Relations - Hardcover

Denny Roy

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0847690121 ISBN 13: 9780847690121

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (UK), 1998

Synopsis

Poised to become the dominant Asia-Pacific power, China yet remains an elusive international player. In this timely text, Denny Roy shows how the drive for security and power underlying Chinese foreign policy is reinforced by other important factors, including Chinas internal political struggles and unique, historically driven perceptions of international affairs.
Providing a wide-ranging assessment of Chinas foreign policy, the author explores the PRCs relationships with key international organizations and countries, including the United States, Japan, Russia, Korea, India, and the Southeast Asian states. Roy also examines the broad implications of Beijings outward orientation: its increasing economic interdependence with foreign consumers and suppliers, its struggle to cope with the challenges of globalization, and the Peoples Liberation Armys aspiration to build China into a world-class military power. The author concludes by analyzing the possibility of a China threat to the Asia-Pacific region and identifying key issues that will influence the future direction of Chinese foreign policy.

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About the Author

Denny Roy is a research fellow in the Strategic and Defense Studies Centre, the Australian National University, Canberra.

Edition details

• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (UK)
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0847690121
• ISBN 13: 9780847690121
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 276