China’s Asymmetric Statecraft: Alignments, Competitors, and Regional Diplomacy

Author:   Yuxing Huang
Publisher:   University of British Columbia Press
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Pages:   296
Publication Date:   01 December 2023
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China’s Asymmetric Statecraft: Alignments, Competitors, and Regional Diplomacy


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China is not only a great power but often an opaque one. What does its regional diplomacy tell us about the country’s geopolitical position and ambitions, and what patterns does it reveal? Building from international relations theories focused on how external threats, domestic politics, and ideology influence foreign policy, Yuxing Huang puts forward a nuanced argument. He suggests that in an environment of numerous regional competitors and alignments, China has developed a form of asymmetric statecraft toward its many weaker neighbours. In the South China Sea, it maintains a uniform strategy toward Vietnam, the Philippines, and Malaysia. Whereas in South Asia, it practises selective strategies to maintain the status quo with India and to enhance Pakistan’s position. Drawing on extensive archival sources, this perceptive interpretation of the different narratives and paradigms that constitute China’s foreign policy alerts us to the potential future of its diplomatic endeavours in a dramatically changing international environment.

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Author:   Yuxing Huang
Publisher:   University of British Columbia Press
Imprint:   University of British Columbia Press
ISBN:  

9780774868129


ISBN 10:   0774868120
Pages:   296
Publication Date:   01 December 2023
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Introduction: Understanding China’s Regional Diplomacy 1 A Regional Competition Theory of Asymmetric Statecraft 2 East Asia, 1955–65 3 South Asia, 1955–63 4 Indochina, 1962–75 5 Regional Diplomacy in the New Era Conclusion Notes; Bibliography; Index

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"… a significant, important contribution to international relations theory. -- S. C. Hart, CHOICE Connect ""Huang is to be congratulated on his extraordinary utilization of archival as well as secondary materials."" -- Brantly Womack * International Journal *"


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Yuxing Huang is an associate professor in the Department of International Relations at Tsinghua University. His work has appeared in English in the Chinese Journal of International Politics and an edited volume of the Harvard Cold War Studies Book Series. His work in Chinese has appeared in World Economics and Politics [Shijie Jingji yu Zhengzhi], Guoji Zhengzhi Kexue [Quarterly Journal of International Politics], and Lengzhan Guojishi Yanjiu [Cold War International History Studies], among other publications. He is a co-author of A Theory of Interventions among Nations: Practice of Spring and Autumn Era and Implications for Modern China.

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