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Informationen zum Autor Xuanli Liao graduated from Peking University and taught there between 1986 and 1991 after obtaining her master degree in History. She received her second master degree in International Relations in Japan in 1993, and her Ph.D. in International Relations from the University of Hong Kong in 2002. Her main research interests include China's foreign policy-making analysis, the role of Chinese think tanks, and China's international energy strategy. Klappentext This book examines Chinese foreign policy think tanks and their influence in China's foreign policy towards Japan between the late 1970s and late 1990s. Being one of the first attempts to examine the rise of Chinese think tanks through empirical case studies, this book has demonstrated a growing pluralistic trend in post-Mao China's foreign policy-making process, it has also confirmed the variety of the role played by International Relations (IR) think tanks regarding different foreign policy issues. In addition to official documents and research works, the book has included a lot of memoirs of Chinese diplomats, and a large number of interviews with Chinese officials and think tank scholars. It is a scholarly research, but its in-depth analysis and well-written style makes it a highly enjoyable work to read.
