This volume compiles key official documents, statements, agreements, and historical records that trace the evolution of China–Pakistan relations from 1947 to 1980. Edited by K. Arif, the book provides insight into diplomatic exchanges, political developments, security cooperation, and regional dynamics shaping the partnership between the two countries. It serves as an essential reference for …
This book provides an overview of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China, presenting its historical development, institutional structure, diplomatic missions, and major achievements in China’s foreign relations. It includes narratives, photographs, and official information illustrating China’s approach to diplomacy and international cooperation. Designed as an o…
“Mao Zedong on Diplomacy” is a comprehensive collection of Mao Zedong’s major statements, conversations, and instructions concerning China’s foreign policy from the early years of the People’s Republic through the 1970s. Compiled and translated from official Chinese-language sources, the volume provides insight into Mao’s strategic thinking, diplomatic philosophy, and interactions w…
Richard Bernstein and Ross Munro, former Beijing bureau chiefs with long experience in Asian affairs, present a clear-eyed and uncompromising look at the potentially disastrous collision course now taking shape in US-China relations
This volume unpicks common assumptions about the global influence of China and India to examine their future impact on international society. China and India have huge potential to exert global influence due to their geography, population size and material resources. Now their spectacular economic growth has led many commentators to predict a shift in power from West to East and the dawn of an …
While dozens of recent books and articles have predicted the near-certainty of China's rise to global supremacy, this book boldly counters such widely-held assumptions. Timothy Beardson brings to light the daunting array of challenges that today confront China, as well as the inadequacy of leadership's responses. Threats to China come from many fronts, Beardson shows, and by their number and sh…
In short, the book is a series of case studies of U.S.-China negotiations, examining the impact, at various points in time, of distinct combinations of internal and external factors on the behavior of the negotiators and the outcome of the negotiations.
Contents: 1. Setting out 2. Arrival 3. Chou En-Lai 4. At the Diaoyutai 5. Meeting with Mao 6. Mao Tse-Tung 7. The long freeze etc.
In international relations today, influence is a essential as military and economic might. Consequently, leaders promote favorable images of the state in order to attract allies and win support for their policies.
Throughout the past three decades East Asia has seen more peace and stability than at any time since the Opium Wars of 1839-1841. During this period China has rapidly emerged as a major regional power, averaging over nine percent economic growth per year since the introduction of its market reforms in 1978. Foreign businesses have flocked to invest in China, and Chinese exports have begun to fl…