China and the International System Becoming a World Power [Paperback]

This book considers the evolving relationship between China and the international system, and the interaction between a China of profound change in its identity, capability, and influence, and an international system that is itself experiencing a process of far-reaching transformation. It develops an analytical framework that allows us to capture, understand and explain a more dynamic pattern of agent-structure interaction in Chinas relationship with the international system.

By demonstrating a more dynamic and mutually constitutive relationship between China and the international system, the book explores the extent to which both transform themselves in the process, and provides a fuller and more effective assessment of the evolving nature of the relationship. In doing so, it addresses key issues in the current literature on the relationship of China and the international system, and helps close the gap in our knowledge of the conditions and consequences of change and stability in the international system as a result of the change in distributions of power, capability and influence among nation-states.

1. Introduction: China and the International System - Structure, Society and Context Xiaoming Huang and Robert G. Patman  Part 1: Contending Indentities and Evolving Interests: China in Search of Itself  2. Chinese Thinking about World Order David Shambaugh  3. Core Interests and Great Power Responsibilities: The Evolving Pattern of Chinas Foreign Policy Suisheng Zhao  4. International Structure and Chinas Strategy and Options Canrong Jin  Part 2: Transforming Wealth and Capacity to Institutional Power, Policy Outcomes and Political Influence  5. Commercial Diplomacy: Preferential Trade Agreements and Soft Power Projection Marc Lanteigne