Chinese Foreign Policy : An Introduction

This updated and expanded fourth edition of Chinese Foreign Policy seeks to examine the decision-makers, processes and rationales behind China's expanding international relations as well as offering an in-depth look at China's modern global relations. Among the key issues explored in this edition are:

• The further expansion of Chinese foreign policy from regional (Asia-Pacific) to international interests;
• How the government of Xi Jinping has pursued a more confident great power foreign policy agenda;
• China's growing economic power in an era of global financial uncertainty and the return of protectionism;
• Modern security challenges, including counter-terrorism, cyber-security, maritime power, military reform and modernisation, and the protection of overseas economic interests;
• China's shifting power relationship with the United States under President Donald Trump;
• The deeper engagement of Beijing with a growing number of international and regional institutions and legal affairs;
• Cross-regional diplomacy, including updated sections on Africa, Latin America, the Middle East, and Russia / Eurasia, as well as Oceania and the Polar regions;
• The development of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) as a centrepiece of China's foreign policy.