China's Foreign Policy

China is becoming increasingly salient for the international community. China's Foreign Policy offers a panorama of what China's foreign policy is all about. China is unique in its handling of diplomacy, a characteristic once referred to as the 'bamboo curtain'. This curtain still hangs around the Chinese foreign policy circle, obscuring transparency in the decision making process and predictability of China's behaviour in relation to the world. The book consists of a number of chapters on key aspects of China's foreign policy, including China's perception of the world and the role of ideology in Chinese foreign policy, as well as institutions and decision-making processes, principles, key concepts, strategies and economic diplomacy.

• Provides historical narrative on the evolution of Chinese foreign relations
• Analyses foreign and domestic sources of Chinese foreign policy
• Approaches the subject by decades or changes of leadership