Chinese Foreign Policy: Theory and Practice (Studies on Contemporary China)

Chinese Foreign Policy: Theory and Practice (Studies on Contemporary China) by Robinson, Thomas W.. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780198290162.

This work offers and unprecedented survey of Chinas foreign relations since 1949. Beginning with an analysis of the historical, perceptual, economic, and political sources of Chinese foreign policy, the work reviews Chinas desire to ensure its own security and regain freedom of initiative in its foreign relations. The work then reviews the international sources of Chinas foreign relations, such as strategic systems and scientific imperatives, as the country searches for a redefined role in the multipolar world order.