This book presents the first comprehensive analysis of Confucius Institutes (CIs), situating
them as a tool of public diplomacy in the broader context of China's foreign affairs. The study …

Mao Zedong once said:“Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.” 1 China's current
leaders, however, believe it stems just as much from soft sources of power: the country's …

Perceptions and the behaviour of both China's domestic and international publics are
having a growing impact on China's foreign policy. Rising to play a more substantial role in …

In the first edition (2010), Zhiqun Zhu examined the rationale and strategies of China's new
multi-directional diplomacy since the early 1990s and assessed its impact on international …

The phrase 'work to build a community with a shared future for mankind'became the guiding
slogan of Chinese foreign policy in 2017. Beneath its smooth surface, the concept contains …

The International Department of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
(CCP/ID) is one of the most important, but least well understood, organs of China's foreign …

With new assertiveness and prominence, China under President Xi Jinping is rightly
considered an emerging and aggressive superpower backed by growing economic and …

Poised to become the dominant Asia-Pacific power, China yet remains an elusive
international player. In this timely text, Denny Roy shows how the drive for security and …

Presenting new and invaluable Chinese perspectives on international relations in general
and BeijingOs foreign policy in particular, this work offers the first balanced and thoroughly …

A clearer consensus on China's basic foreign policy line began to emerge among party
leaders in 1996. This consensus, tantamount to the country's grand strategy, has provided a …