Multidimensional Diplomacy of Contemporary China: : Ghulam Ali: Lexington Books

Multidimensional Diplomacy of Contemporary China

Description

Since the end of the Cold War, the new Chinese leadership generation has had to promulgate new guiding principles for handling global diplomacy which acknowledges China's new position. Given the dramatic changes in the international system and its domestic economic success for the growing "China's rise" idea on the global stage, China in the 21st century faces a mixture of old and new challenges, including terrorism, hegemonism, and authoritarianism. While Deng Xiaooping combined Taoism, an ancient Chinese philosophy, into "Taoist diplomacy" in response to the hostile international position after the Tiananmen Incident, China's foreign policy keeps changing, and the multidimensional diplomacy adopted by China can be seen as a consistent theme in Chinese foreign policy in the 21st century.

Multidimensional Diplomacy of Contemporary China attempts to examine the origins, guiding principles and sequential outcomes of China's multidimensional diplomacy in the 21st century, working under the flag of "peaceful development," "harmonious international order," and "global responsibility." The contributions are grouped into three sections. The first discusses the theoretical foundations of multidimensional diplomacy. The second section turns the analytical focus to China's immediate neighbors in East Asia, and at last the book will go beyond the immediate neighborhood of China to the global community.

These essays explore China's dealings with the countries of Africa, the Gulf, and the South Pacific and provide other in-depth analyses on China's foreign policy towards Pakistan, Russia, and Japan. This book seeks to significantly shape the knowledge and thinking about China's global interactions in the 21st century.

Part 1 I. Background and Origin
Chapter 2 1. Introduction: Multidimensional Diplomacy as a Global Phenomenon
Chapter 3 2. The Innovation of the CCP's Foreign Policy Discourse and the Party's Perception of China's Role in World Affairs, 1949–2008
Chapter 4 3. Discrepancies, political discourses and implications of China's Multidimensional Diplomacy
Chapter 5 4. China's Multidimensional Diplomacy: Practice and American Reactions
Part 6 II. MDD of China: The Neighboring Regions
Chapter 7 5. China's Strategic Posture in the Asian-Pacific Region under the Leadership of Hu Jintao
Chapter 8 6. China's Multidimensional Diplomacy post-9/11: Lessons from the East China Sea Dispute
Chapter 9 7. Sino-Pakistan Relations since 9/11
Chapter 10 8. Living with Russian in the Post-9/11 World
Part 11 III. MDD of China: Beyond the Neighbors
12 9. China's Growing Involvement in the Gulf: the Geopolitical Significance
Chapter 13 10. China's Intensifying Relationship with Saudi Arabia
Chapter 14 11. China and Global Energy Politics: China's Economic and Oil Interests in Africa
Chapter 15 12. China's Multidimensional Diplomacy toward the Pacific Islands
Chapter 16 13. Conclusion: A Critical Analysis of China's Multidimensional Diplomacy

Product details

Published	10 Jul 2012
Format	Ebook (Epub & Mobi)
Edition	1st
Extent	336
ISBN	9780739139967
Imprint	Lexington Books
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing

Anthology Editor

Simon Shen

Anthology Editor

Jean-Marc F. Blanchard

Contributor

Ghulam Ali

Contributor

Yu Bin

Contributor

Jean-Marc F. Blanchard

Contributor

Wang Chengzhi

Contributor

Chien-peng Chung

Contributor

Norafidah Ismail

Contributor

Han Lheem

Contributor

James Manicom

Contributor

Gregory J. Moore

Contributor

Tim Niblock

Contributor

Ramon Pacheco Pardo

Contributor

Li Hak Yin

This is a well-researched and comprehensive study of the new Chinese foreign policy consonant with the harmonious world doctrine of the present Chinese leadership. It presents China's new multidimensional approach to diplomacy across a large part of the world.

Yue-man Yeung, Chinese University of Hong Kong
This volume provides a wide-ranging analysis of China's 'multidimensional diplomacy' as the means by which to promote 'peaceful development' and a 'harmonious world' and its practical influence on China's approach to regional and world affairs. The volume is written by Chinese foreign policy experts and analysts who collectively offer an in-depth and well structured study on Chinese new foreign policy under Hu Jintao.

Sujian Guo
Overall, the book is an engaging read and provides salient insights into China's growing diplomatic activism and global role. The quality and depth of scholarly research and argument is impressive. It is particularly refreshing to note that the list of contributors encompasses a wide range of Sinologists and Chinese foreign policy experts across the academic spectrum, ranging from doctoral candidates to full professors.

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