Chinese Paradiplomacy at the Peripheries - Beyond the Hinterland

This book explores how Chinese border provinces have become actors in international relations. Through an analysis of the international actorness — the inherent characteristics of a subnational entity as an international player — of Yunnan and two other geographically peripheral provinces, Guangdong and Guangxi, the domestic, economic and legislative circumstances that motivated these provinces to conduct transboundary engagements is determined. The study is based on an extensive field study including interviews with those involved in the implementation of Yunnan’s foreign agenda, representatives from province-owned enterprises, universities and think tanks, and officials and experts from the countries neighbouring Yunnan. Acknowledging the role of external geopolitics, the authors analyse the efforts of these border provinces to incentivise neighbouring countries to cooperate with them on areas of trade, investment and non-traditional security. Yao Song and Tianyang Liu also observe how border provinces have leveraged their paradiplomatic strengths to affect China’s foreign relations with neighbouring countries. This volume will appeal to researchers, academics and postgraduates in political science, international relations, and diplomacy as well as geography, Southeast Asian politics, political economy, Chinese periphery diplomacy, and non-federal paradiplomacy.

General

Imprint:	Taylor & Francis
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Rethinking Asia and International Relations
Release date:	October 2023
First published:	2024
Authors:	Yao Song • Tianyang Liu
Dimensions:	234 x 156mm (L x W)
Pages:	256
ISBN-13:	978-1-03-236162-8
Categories:	Books
LSN:	1-03-236162-X
Barcode:	9781032361628

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