Harmonious Intervention: China's Quest for Relational Security (Rethinking Asia and International Relations)

Chiung-Chiu Huang and Chih-yu Shih

ISBN 10: 1409464873 / ISBN 13: 9781409464877

Published by Routledge, 2014

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200 pages. Two major features of international relations at the beginning of the 21st century are global governance and the rise of China. Global governance, advocating global norms, requires intervention into sovereign domains in defiance of those norms. However, an ascendant China adheres to a classic stance on sovereign integrity which prohibits such intervention. Whether or not China will ultimately Sinicize global governance or become assimilated into global norms remains both a theoretical and a practical challenge. Both challenges come from China s alternative style of global governance, which embodies the doctrine of 'balance of relationship,' in contrast with the familiar international relations embedded in balance of power or balance of interest. An understanding of China s intervention policy based upon the logic of balance of relationship is therefore the key to tackling the anxiety precipitated by these theoretical as well as practical challenges. (SL#238).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Harmonious Intervention: China's Quest for Relational Security (Rethinking Asia and International Relations)
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1409464873
• ISBN 13: 9781409464877
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Two major features of international relations at the beginning of the 21st century are global governance and the rise of China. Global governance, advocating global norms, requires intervention into sovereign domains in defiance of those norms. However, an ascendant China adheres to a classic stance on sovereign integrity which prohibits such intervention. Whether or not China will ultimately Sinicize global governance or become assimilated into global norms remains both a theoretical and a practical challenge. Both challenges come from China’s alternative style of global governance, which embodies the doctrine of 'balance of relationship,' in contrast with the familiar international relations embedded in ’balance of power’ or ’balance of interest.’ An understanding of China’s intervention policy based upon the logic of balance of relationship is therefore the key to tackling the anxiety precipitated by these theoretical as well as practical challenges.

About the Author

Chiung-Chiu Huang, National Chengchi University, Taiwan and Chih-yu Shih, National Taiwan University, Taiwan.