The Spirit of Chinese Foreign Policy: A Psychocultural View [Paperback]

This psychological interpretation of Chinese diplomatic history considers both the universal psychocultural processes and the uniqueness of China as a nation. It also attempts to establish some interaction between social science and Sinology, and examines behaviour by Chinese statesmen.Perspectives on Chinese foreign policy behaviour; self, culture, and drama of foreign policy - a cybernetic metaphor; Chinese psychoculture and foreign policy motivation; face diplomacy - leaders and norms in foreign policy making; the changing national self-images in Chinese diplomatic history; the national self-images actualized - organization in Chinese diplomacy; the national self-images demonstrated - force in Chinese diplomacy.