This volume examines the Chinese foreign policy framework today and traces its evolution
since the post-Mao era. Through the consideration of China's relations with the major
powers and its management of various challenges ranging from territorial disputes to energy
security, it investigates China's pursuit of major power status and influence in peaceful
international scenarios. The author critically analyzes China's foreign policy from Chinese
leaders' evolving worldview of the changing international environment. As China emerges …

Lin's approach is to explain these shifts through a detailed historical account which weaves
together perceptions of national interest across growth, stability, equity and security with
what she calls the 'emergence and consolidation'of Taiwanese national identity. This is
examined in four phases, each characterized by a key government slogan:'no haste, be
patient'(1996),'active opening, effective management'(2001),'active management, effective
opening'(2006), and 'prosper again', which deals with the Economic Cooperation …