This authoritative book provides a unique exploration of the complex and dynamic motivations behind Beijings foreign policy. The authors focus on Chinas choices and calculations on issues such as the ruling Communist party-regimes interests, international status and image, nationalism, Taiwan, human rights, globalization, U.S. hegemony, international institutions, and the war on terrorism. Taken together, the chapters offer a comprehensive diagnosis of the emerging paradigms in Chinese foreign policy, illuminating especially Chinas struggle to engineer and manage its rise in light of the opportunities and perils inherent in the post-cold war and post-/ world.

Author Biography

Yong Deng is associate professor in the Department of Political Science at the U.S. Naval Academy. Fei-Ling Wang is associate professor at the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs at Georgia Institute of Technology.