Conditioning China’s Influence: Intentionality, Intermediaries, and Institutions (Politics and International Relations in Asia) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9048560039 ISBN 13: 9789048560035

Publisher: Routledge, 2026

Synopsis

This edited volume contributes to debates about China’s influence, and explores three specific themes in the context of global China: the effects of (un)intentional influence and influence externalities; the role of intermediaries, the sub-state and non-state actors that are conduits for influence; and the conditioning effects of host country institutions.

The work advances conversation of public and academic interest by problematizing existing conceptualizations of China’s influence and offering a fresh approach. Existing research has paid surprisingly little systematic attention to how local, national, and global factors outside of China–and beyond its control–condition whether and how China’s investments in global influence bear fruit. A central claim of the book is that scholars need to pay more careful attention to how these external factors create unexpected consequences for influence-seeking states. This book explores three specific themes in the context of global China: the effects of (un)intentional influence and influence externalities; the role of intermediaries, the sub-state, and non-state actors that are conduits for influence; and the conditioning effects of host country institutions.

This book will be of interest to students and scholars of Asian Studies, Politics, Regional Studies, and International Relations.

The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC BY-NC-ND) 4.0 International license.

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About the Author

Courtney J. Fung is Associate Professor in the Discipline of Security Studies in the School of International Studies at Macquarie University, Australia.

Enze Han is Associate Professor in the Department of Politics and Public Administration, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.

Kai Quek is Associate Professor in the Department of Politics and Public Administration, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.

Austin Strange is Associate Professor in the Department of Politics and Public Administration, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9048560039
• ISBN 13: 9789048560035
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 260
• Editor: Fung Courtney J., Han Enze, Quek Kai, Strange Austin