China's World: The Foreign Policy of the World's Newest Superpower

by Kerry Brown

Overview

In the next decade China's actions on the world stage will affect us all. A new superpower, with the largest population and GDP on the globe, there are now fears that China is becoming more assertive. Here, award-winning China expert Kerry Brown guides us through China's foreign policy, from its skirmishes with US Navy destroyers in the South China Sea to its arguments with Japan over the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands and its increased displays of military prowess - including huge investments in cyber warfare. Brown also assesses China's extraordinary plan to create a ‘New Silk Road' across Central Asia - one of the biggest infrastructure project in modern history. In doing so he seeks to answer a simple question: what does China want?
The answer lies in the unique way China thinks about the world. A comprehensive analysis by one of the world's most recognised and respected authorities, and based upon unparalleled research into Chinese leaders, their beliefs and their instincts, China's World is an essential read for the Western world.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781784538095
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	11/28/2017
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.60(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Kerry Brown is Professor of Chinese Studies and Director of the Lau China Institute at King's College, London. Prior to that he was Professor of Chinese Politics at the University of Sydney, and Head of the Asia Programme at Chatham House, London. With 30 years experience of life in China, he has worked in education, business and government, including a term as First Secretary at the British Embassy in Beijing. He is author of over 20 books on contemporary China, including The World According to Xi: Everything You Need to Know About the New China (2018). He is currently working on a history of Britain's relations with China since the 16th century.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements ix

List of Abbreviations xi

Introduction 1

1 The Principles of Chinese Foreign Policy 11

2 The World According to Xi Jinping 40

3 China and the United States: The Ultimate Love-Hate Relationship 75

4 Zone Two: The Asia Region 112

5 Zone Three: The Eu and China - Civilized Partners Talking Past Each Other 145

6 Zone Four: The Wider World 173

Conclusion: Telling the China Story 201

Notes 217

Suggested Reading 231

Index 237

Editorial Reviews

"As an overview into the binds and struggles of Chinese foreign policy, China’s World is excellent. It is clear, well organized if perhaps slightly too schematic, detailed without being onerous, and sports an impressively broad understanding of a remarkably complex field."

Los Angeles Review of Books

Rarely falling prey to jargon and written in a skilled and approachable style, the book succeeds in making a complex topic accessible to a broad audience.” —Publishers Weekly

From the Publisher