China's Global Strategy: Towards a Multipolar World

by Jenny Clegg

Overview

China is fast emerging as a powerful player on the world stage. This book takes a closer look at the country's stance on a range of global issues, arguing that its multipolar diplomacy offers a concrete strategy to constrain the US pursuit of unipolar primacy.

Many people assume that China will follow an imperialistic strategy and therefore be in direct conflict with the American empire in a quest for world domination. Jenny Clegg shows that China is in fact taking a multilateral approach, offering real assistance to developing countries and helping to build the institutions required to run a multipolar world. Without glossing over China's own internal difficulties, the book argues that its international consensus-building strategy could lead to a more peaceful and equitable world.

This book offers a refreshing perspective on China that will be of great value to those interested in the big political questions of how to tackle war and imperialism, globalisation and development as well as to undergraduate students of politics, economics and international relations.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780745325187
Publisher:	Pluto Press
Publication date:	03/20/2009
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	5.20(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Jenny Clegg is a Senior Lecturer in International Studies, and a China specialist, at the University of Central Lancashire. She first visited China in the 1970s and has followed developments closely ever since. Jenny is also active in the peace movement.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
1: A World Turning Upside Down
Part 1: The Unipolar-Multipolar Dynamics
2. US-China relations in the global dynamics
3. Historical Perspectives on Multipolarisation
4. Manoeuvring towards Multipolarity
5. Globalisation, Imperialism and Multipolarisation
6. Promoting Multipolarisation: Regional Organisation In Asia
Part 2: China's Development Trajectory
7. Maintaining Self Reliance in an Interdependent World
8. Development with Chinese Characteristics
Part 3: An International Trial of Strength
9. Towards a New International Political Order
10. Towards a new international economic order
11. A Game of Go
Abbreviations and Acronyms
Tables
Notes
Index