China's Role in World Affairs

First published in 1978, China's Role in World Affairs analyses China’s foreign policy within a framework suggested by the conceptualisation of the outside world and China’s place within it, as articulated and acted upon by China’s leaders.

Divided into two parts, the book discusses China’s role as an ally of the Soviet Union and as an independent socialist system, following the Sino-Soviet rupture. The main operational concepts and themes of China’s foreign policy are also traced. Of partic...