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With globalization on the wane in a world fractured by growing
great power competition, Hoo and McKinney argue that regionalism is
likely to re-emerge as a focal area of significance and interest in
the coming years. In Asia, how regionalism evolves is inescapably
linked to China's part in this story. Hoo, McKinney and their
contributors will help readers better understand regionalism as it
is approached, conceived and practiced by China. Looking past the
conventional attention on the Belt-Road Initiative, the
contributors examine the evolving perspectives on regionalism
within China, the forms which this regionalism has taken and the
implications for the strategic order in Asia. This includes a focus
on newer architecture such as the Regional Comprehensive Economic
Partnership (RCEP) and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
(AIIB); lesser-known mechanisms such as the Conference on
Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA) and the
Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC); and more traditional ones such as
the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO). A valuable resource
for scholars and students of China's foreign relations, and of
Asian regionalism and strategic order.
There has been a discernable calibration of Chinese foreign policy
since the ascension of Xi Jinping to the top leadership positions
in China. The operative term here is adjustment rather than
renovation because there has not been a fundamental transformation
of Chinese foreign policy or "setting up of a new kitchen" in
foreign affairs. Several continuities in Chinese diplomacy are
still evident. The People's Republic of China (PRC) has not wavered
from its overarching strategy of rising through peaceful
development. The PRC is still an active participant and leader in,
or shaper of, global and regional regimes even as it continues to
push for reforms of the extant order, towards an arrangement which
it thinks will be less unjust and more equitable. It seeks to
better "link up with the international track", perhaps even more so
under Xi's stewardship. Yet amidst these continuities, it is clear
that there have been some profound shifts in China's foreign
policy. From the enunciation of strategic slogans such as the
"Asian security concept" and "major country diplomacy with Chinese
characteristics"; the creation of the China-led and initiated Asian
Infrastructure Investment Bank; the pursuit of Xi's signature
foreign policy initiative, the One Belt One Road; to a purportedly
more assertive and resolute defense of China's maritime territorial
interests in East Asia-examples of these foreign policy
calibrations (both patent and subtle) abound. In short, this has
not been a complete metamorphosis but there are real changes, with
important repercussions for China and the international system. The
burning questions then are What, Where, How and Why: What are these
key foreign policy adjustments? Where and how have these occurred
in Chinese diplomacy? And what are the reasons or drivers that
inform these changes? This book seeks to capture these changes.
Featuring contributions from academics, think-tank intellectuals
and policy practitioners, all engaged in the compelling business of
China-watching, the book aims to shed more light on the
calibrations that have animated China's diplomacy under Xi, a
leader who by most accounts is considered the most powerful Chinese
numero uno since Deng Xiaoping.
There has been a discernable calibration of Chinese foreign policy
since the ascension of Xi Jinping to the top leadership positions
in China. The operative term here is adjustment rather than
renovation because there has not been a fundamental transformation
of Chinese foreign policy or "setting up of a new kitchen" in
foreign affairs. Several continuities in Chinese diplomacy are
still evident. The People's Republic of China (PRC) has not wavered
from its overarching strategy of rising through peaceful
development. The PRC is still an active participant and leader in,
or shaper of, global and regional regimes even as it continues to
push for reforms of the extant order, towards an arrangement which
it thinks will be less unjust and more equitable. It seeks to
better "link up with the international track", perhaps even more so
under Xi's stewardship. Yet amidst these continuities, it is clear
that there have been some profound shifts in China's foreign
policy. From the enunciation of strategic slogans such as the
"Asian security concept" and "major country diplomacy with Chinese
characteristics"; the creation of the China-led and initiated Asian
Infrastructure Investment Bank; the pursuit of Xi's signature
foreign policy initiative, the One Belt One Road; to a purportedly
more assertive and resolute defense of China's maritime territorial
interests in East Asia-examples of these foreign policy
calibrations (both patent and subtle) abound. In short, this has
not been a complete metamorphosis but there are real changes, with
important repercussions for China and the international system. The
burning questions then are What, Where, How and Why: What are these
key foreign policy adjustments? Where and how have these occurred
in Chinese diplomacy? And what are the reasons or drivers that
inform these changes? This book seeks to capture these changes.
Featuring contributions from academics, think-tank intellectuals
and policy practitioners, all engaged in the compelling business of
China-watching, the book aims to shed more light on the
calibrations that have animated China's diplomacy under Xi, a
leader who by most accounts is considered the most powerful Chinese
numero uno since Deng Xiaoping.
In view of its size, and vast land and sea boundaries that it
shares with its neighbours, China has always regarded its
peripheral policy as a crucial aspect of its national security.
Such a mentality conforms to Chinese leaders' core belief that a
stable external environment - in particular, its immediate region -
remains the sine qua non for the continued and sustained
rejuvenation of their nation.This book examines China's evolving
strategies towards its surrounding peripheries. It is the first
book to examine in detail President Xi Jinping's steering of
China's peripheral diplomacy. It argues that China pursues an
ambitious, omnidirectional regional diplomacy that emphasizes the
entire periphery region, and not just specific peripheries.
According to this book, Chinese regional policy cannot be properly
and adequately understood without taking into account its full
breadth, substance and scope. Featuring chapters that explore
China's evolving policy in Northeast Asia, Southeast Asia, South
Asia and Central Asia, and addressing new developments under Xi,
this book fleshes out the intricacies of how China has been
managing its peripheral relationships in Asia under new
circumstances and new leadership.
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