Chinese Foreign Relations

Robert G. Sutter was an analyst of Asian and Pacific affairs and American foreign policy for the U.S. government for thirty years. He is now Professor of Practice of International Affairs, Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University.

Robert Sutter has a well-earned reputation for insightful and balanced analyses of US-China relations and Chinese foreign policy and for regularly updating them to incorporate more recent developments. In this latest edition of his classic textbook on China’s foreign relations, the revisions are major, reflecting his assessment that Chinese foreign policy has become far more assertive over the last decade, due in large part to Beijing’s development of new levers of power and influence that have previously been underappreciated and underexamined. This has transformed Beijing’s relations with the rest of the world and changed its relationship with the United States into an acute and global rivalry rather than the cooperative partnership the two countries may once have hoped for.

• Preface to the Fifth Edition Acknowledgments Abbreviations 1 Continuity and Change in Contemporary Chinese Foreign Policy 2 Leadership Priorities, Decision Making, and Worldviews 3 China’s Role in the World Economy 4 China, Multilateralism, and International Governance 5 Chinese National Security Policies 6 Relations with the United States 7 Relations with Taiwan 8 Relations with Japan and Korea 9 Relations with Southeast Asia, Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands 10 Relations with Southern Asia and Central Asia 11 Relations with Russia and Europe 12 Relations with the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America 13 Assessing China’s Rise amid Acute Rivalry with America Notes Selected Bibliography About the Author