Multidimensional Diplomacy of Contemporary China
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- 2012
Summary
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.
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Bibliographic data
- Copyright year
- 2012
- ISBN-Print
- 978-0-7391-3994-3
- ISBN-Online
- 978-0-7391-3996-7
- Publisher
- Lexington, Lanham
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 322
- Product type
- Edited Book
Table of contents
- Table of Contents No access
- 1: Introduction: Multidimensional Diplomacy as a Global Phenomenon No access
- 2: The Innovation of the CCP’s Foreign Policy Discourse and the Party’s Perception of China’s Role in World Affairs, 1949–2080 No access
- 3: Discrepancies, Political Discourses, and Implications of China’s Multidimensional Diplomacy No access
- 4: The Rise of China and the Discrepancy of Chinese Foreign Policy No access
- 5: China’s Strategic Posture in the Asian-Pacific Region under the Leadership of Hu Jintao No access
- 6: Settling the Gas Dispute in the East China Sea: Conditions of Political Will No access
- 7: Sino-Pakistan Relations since 9/11 No access
- 8: Living with Russia in the Post-9/11 World No access
- 9: China’s Growing Involvement in the Gulf: The Geopolitical Significance No access
- 10: China’s Intensifying Relationship with Saudi Arabia No access
- 11: China’s Rise in Africa No access
- 12: China’s Multidimensional Diplomacy toward the Pacific Islands No access
- 13: Conclusion: A Critical Analysis of China’s Multidimensional Diplomacy No access
- Index No access Pages 305 - 318
- About the Contributors No access Pages 319 - 322





