Assessing China's role in world affairs -- Mao's changing course in foreign affairs, 1949-1969 -- Maneuvering between the U.S. and USSR, 1969-1989 -- Chinese foreign relations after the cold war -- Patterns of decision making and international outlook -- China's changing importance in world affairs -- Relations with the United States -- Relations with neighboring Asian countries -- Relations beyond nearby Asia -- Implications and outlook
Summary
This cogent but comprehensive book examines the international relations of the People's Republic of China since its founding in 1949. Noted scholar Robert G. Sutter provides a balanced assessment of the country's recent successes and advances as well as the important legacies and constraints that hamper it, especially in nearby Asia-long the focus of China's foreign policy attention. Advances the PRC has made in other parts of the world focus mainly on commercial interests, limiting its actual impact on world affairs. Sutter shows readers how to use China's rise in nearby Asia as a reliable barometer of how important and effective it actually will become internationally
