Chinese IR Theor(ies)
Abstract
Under Mao Zedong the socialist revolution in China based its foreign policy on combating imperialism, aiding national liberation movements and promoting non-alignment. Deng Xiaoping and Jiang Zemin preferred a low profile and constructive integration into the processes and institutions of globalisation. Hu Jintao promised a peaceful rise. Will there be changes in the PRC’s foreign policy under the leadership of Xi Jinping? There have been calls for the creation of a “Chinese School of IR Theory” and various Chinese experts have made a variety of proposals in this regard. New Confucianists offer an alternative vision of a new world order. Chinese think tanks analyse “Comprehensive National Power”. There are symptoms of populist nationalism and incipient militarism in some sectors of power and public opinion. This paper will offer an overview of the changes under way in discourse and in policy, with special attention to the work of Qin Yaqing, Yan Xuetong and Zhao Tingyang, in order to offer hypotheses about future trends in China’s foreign policy and their possible impact on international relations.
Keywords: China, foreign policy, international relations, IR Theory, Comprehensive National Power
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