Study On International Politics In Contemporary China

China''s guiding principle for foreign relations and its focus on states and regions has shifted a lot from the first 30 years of the founding of the People''s Republic of China (PRC) in 1949, to 1978 and beyond, after reform and opening-up. However,... Read more

China''s guiding principle for foreign relations and its focus on states and regions has shifted a lot from the first 30 years of the founding of the People''s Republic of China (PRC) in 1949, to 1978 and beyond, after reform and opening-up. However, PRC''s diplomatic practice has been continuous, whether it was participation in the Korean War, breaking up with the former Soviet Union after a honeymoon period, China''s self defense war over Sino-Indian border, participation in the Vietnam War, breakthrough in the Sino-US relation, or PRC''s self defense war over the Sino-Vietnamese border. These historical events brought the need for theoretical study in International Politics (IP). The development of China''s IP research was slow and filled with complications, but it signified a breakthrough from scratch. This book has filled gap by depicting a complete scroll of China''s IP research in over 60 years since 1949. This book has followed two principles: one is according to the classification of the IP discipline and the other is to recommend adaptations according to China''s actual conditions. Less