The Dragon Roars Back : Transformational Leaders and Dynamics of Chinese Foreign Policy / Suisheng Zhao.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zhao, Suisheng, 1954- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political leadership--China.

Political leadership.

China--Foreign relations--1949-.

China.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 344 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

2022.

Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2023]

Summary:

In modern world history, no other rising power has experienced China's turbulent history in relations with its neighbors and Western countries, been of its current scale and led by a political leader with Xi Jinping's power and sense of mission to restore what he believes is China's natural position as a great power. When China was weak, it was subordinated to others. Now China is strong, it wants others to subordinate to China at least on the issues involving what it regards as core national interests. What are the primary forces and how have these forces driven China's reemergence to global power? This book weaves together complex events, processes, and players to provide a historically in-depth, conceptually comprehensive, and up-to-date analysis of Chinese foreign policy transition since the founding of the People's Republic of China (PRC), arguing that transformational leaders with new visions and political wisdom to make their visions prevail are the game changers. Mao Zedong, Deng Xiaoping, and Xi Jinping are transformational leaders who have charted unique courses of Chinese foreign policy in the quest for security, prosperity, and power. With the ultimate decision-making authority on national security and strategic policies, these leaders have made political use of ideational forces, tailoring bureaucratic institutions, exploiting the international power distribution, and responding strategically to the international norms and rules to advance their foreign policy agendas in the path of China's ascendance.

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

List of Abbreviations

Introduction: Dynamics of Chinese Foreign Policy: Leaders Matter

Part One: Setting Foreign Policy Priorities

1. Mao Zedong's Revolutionary Diplomacy: Keeping the Wolves from the Door

2. Deng Xiaoping's Developmental Diplomacy: Biding for China's Time

3. Xi Jinping's Big Power Diplomacy: Showing China's Sword

Part Two: Shaping Ideational and Institutional Conditions

4. Power of the Past over the Present: The Imperial Glory versus the Century of Humiliation

5. Defining China's National Interests: State versus Popular Nationalism

6. The Party-State Hierarchy: Paramount Leaders versus Institutions

Part Three: Exploiting External Environment

7. Searching for China's Place in the Sun: International Distribution of Power

8. From Revolutionary State to Revisionist Stakeholder: The World Order and Globalization

Conclusion: The Mandate of Heaven? China's Quest and Peril

Notes

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on January 10, 2023)

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Zhao, Suisheng The Dragon Roars Back

ISBN:

9781503634152

OCLC:

1346366969