Deng Xiaoping and China''s Foreign Policy

Deng Xiaoping is widely acknowledged as the principal architect of China's economic reforms, but how far was he also responsible for shaping China's foreign policy which emphasized "peace and development"? This book explores Deng's foreign policy and shows how he established basic principles for China to have a foreign policy which supported economic development, which stressed "harmony" in the world rather than "hegemony", and which avoided conflict and nurtured a peaceful approach. The book outlines how Deng worked to normalize relations with both the United States and the Soviet Union, how he was disappointed by the lack of reciprocation by the United States, where relations are still portrayed in terms of "the China threat", and how the principles established by Deng continue to be adhered to.

List of contents

1. Judging Deng Xiaoping’s Foreign Policy "Pragmatism"

2. The Roots and Implications of Deng’s "Independent Foreign Policy"

3. Sino-American Normalization without Closure

4. Ideology and the Five Principles in Sino-Soviet and Sino-Russian Normalizations

5. Deng’s "Independent Foreign Policy" and "Independent Globalization"

6. Deng and China’s Contemporary Foreign Policy

About the author

Ronald C. Keith is an adjunct professor in the Department of International Business and Asian Studies at Griffith University, Australia.

Summary

The book outlines how Deng worked to normalize relations with both the United States and the Soviet Union, how he was disappointed by the lack of reciprocation by the United States, where relations are still portrayed in terms of “the China threat”, and how the principles established by Deng continue to be adhered to.

Product details

• Authors: Ronald Keith
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.12.2019
• EAN: 9780367889708
• ISBN: 978-0-367-88970-8
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: Routledge Contemporary China Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Folklore; Ethnic Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, 20th Century, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Politics & government, Archaeology, Social and cultural history, Politics and government, History and Archaeology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General