The Making of China's Foreign Policy in the 21st century: Historical Sources, Institutions/Players, and Perceptions of Power Relations [Paperback]

This book is a study of the making of foreign policy of China, a rising power in the 21st century. It examines three sets of driving forces behind Chinas foreign policy making. One is historical sources, including the selective memories and reconstruction of the glorious empire with an ethnocentric world outlook and the century of humiliation at the hands of foreign imperialist powers. The second set is domestic institutions and players, particularly the proliferation of new party and government institutions and players, such as the national security commission, foreign policy think tanks, media and local governments. The third set is Chinese perception of power relations, particularly their position in the international system and their position relations with major powers.

This book consists of articles from the Journal of Contemporary China.

Part I: Historical Sources 1. Rethinking the Chinese World Order: The Imperial Cycle and Rise of China  2. History, Tradition and the China Dream: Socialist Modernization in the World of Great Harmony  3. The Tenacious Tributary System  4. The Tianxia Trope: Can China Change the International System?  5. Glorious Memory of Imperial China and the Rise of Chinese Populist Nationalism  Part II: Institutions and Players  6. Xi Jinping: Seizing the Commanding Heights and Chinas National Security Commission  7. China?s Foreign Policy Think Tanks:Institutional Evolution and Changing Roles  8. Towards an Integrated Theory of Chinese Foreign Policy: Bringing Leadership Personality Back In  9. The PLA and Diplomacy: Unraveling Some Myths about Civil-Military Interaction in Chinese Foreign Policy-Making  10. Chinese media and foreign policy  11. Local Liberalism: China's Provincial Approaches to RelationslCo