Conditioning China's influence : intentionality, intermediaries, and institutions / edited by Courtney J. Fung, Enze Han, Kai Quek, Austin Strange.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Fung, Courtney J., editor.

Han, Enze, editor.

Quek, Kai, editor.

Strange, Austin M., editor.

Series:

Politics and International Relations in Asia Series

Politics and international relations in Asia

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

China--Foreign relations.

China.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (264 pages) : illustrations (black and white).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 2026.

Summary:

This edited volume contributes to debates about China's influence, and explores three specific themes in the context of global China: the effects of (un)intentional influence and influence externalities; the role of intermediaries, the sub-state and non-state actors that are conduits for influence; and the conditioning effects of host country institutions.The work advances conversation of public and academic interest by problematizing existing conceptualizations of China's influence and offering a fresh approach. Existing research has paid surprisingly little systematic attention to how local, national, and global factors outside of China-and beyond its control-condition whether and how China's investments in global influence bear fruit. A central claim of the book is that scholars need to pay more careful attention to how these external factors create unexpected consequences for influence-seeking states. This book explores three specific themes in the context of global China: the effects of (un)intentional influence and influence externalities; the role of intermediaries, the sub-state, and non-state actors that are conduits for influence; and the conditioning effects of host country institutions.This book will be of interest to students and scholars of Asian Studies, Politics, Regional Studies, and International Relations.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Series Page

Title Page

Copyright page

Table of Contents

List of Figures and Tables

List of Contributors

Part I Introduction

Introduction: Conditioning China's Influence: Intentionality, Intermediaries, and Institutions

Part II Intentionality

Chapter 1 The Power of Influence and the Influence of Power in China-Africa Relations

Chapter 2 Disaggregating 'Chinese Influence': Concepts, Practices, and Effects of PRC Overseas Political Activities

Part III Intermediaries

Chapter 3 Hirschmanesque Effects: Typology, Scope Conditions, and a Case Study of the Koizumi Administration's China Policy

Chapter 4 Hydro-Hegemony and Chinese Influence

Chapter 5 Grand Strategy's Domestic Underpinnings: A Dynamic Approach to China's Belt and Road Initiative

Part IV Institutions

Chapter 6 The Limits of Chinese Influence in the Philippines

Chapter 7 'Chinese Influence' in Central and Eastern Europe?: Diffusion of a Meme

Chapter 8 Technical Standardization-A Power Source for Rising China?1

Part V Conclusion and Reflections

Conclusion: Reflections on the Study of Influence

Index.

Notes:

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-04-083516-3

1-003-69296-6

OCLC:

1584386084

Publisher Number:

CIPO000363297