China''s Foreign Political and Economic Relations - An Unconventional Global Power

This balanced and thoughtful book presents a thorough analysis of the dynamics of China's foreign political and economic relations. Sebastian Heilmann and Dirk H. Schmidt consider China's view of the world; its foreign policy decision-making process; its major bilateral relations; and key policy issues such as trade and investment, security, human rights, and climate change. The authors also assess how China's often unconventional and hidden activities underlying its global expansion challenge Western predominance. By explicitly addressing controversies and conflicts and providing rich information and balanced arguments, Heilmann and Schmidt demonstrate that the institutions, procedures, and policies that are shaping Chinese foreign relations are far more complex and fluid than standard IR theory or media reporting suggest.

List of contents

Chapter 1: Introduction: What Does China Want?
Chapter 2: Foreign Policy Decision Making
Chapter 3: Reorientations in China's Foreign Policy
Chapter 4: China's Security Policy
Chapter 5: China in the World Economy
Chapter 6: China's Role in International Environmental and Climate Policy
Chapter 7: China and International Human Rights Policy
Chapter 8: The Taiwan Issue
Chapter 9: China's Relations with Japan and Korea
Chapter 10: Sino-American Relations
Chapter 11: China's Relations with Europe
Chapter 12: Empire and Guerrilla: China's Multifaceted Foreign Relations
Sources and Literature
Appendix: Chinese-English Glossary

About the author

Sebastian Heilmann is founding director of the Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS) in Berlin and professor of comparative government at the University of Trier. Dirk H. Schmidt is senior lecturer at the University of Trier.

Product details

• Authors: Sebastian Heilmann, Sebastian Schmidt Heilmann, Heilmann Sebastian, Dirk Schmidt, Dirk H. Schmidt, Schmidt Dirk H.
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.01.2014
• EAN: 9781442213029
• ISBN: 978-1-4422-1302-9
• No. of pages: 266
• Series: State & Society in East Asia; State & Society in East Asia
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; China, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / International / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, International Relations, International Economics, Asian studies;China studies