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This book provides an in-depth analysis of China-led multilateralism and decodes China's narratives, and political and business practices, both from theoretical and practical dimensions.
Introducing the mechanisms that govern China-led multilateral formats in what China sees as the Global South, the study offers a comparative analysis and checks whether China uses a one-size-fits-all strategy towards the selected case study formats and adopts a more differentiated regional approach. The case studies cover the following China-led multilateral formats: China-ASEAN, Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), China-Central and Eastern Europe, and China-CELAC. The authors introduce four primary practices of China's management of relations within these platforms: executing discursive power, cultivating elite diplomacy, influencing public opinion, and navigating economic interactions to illustrate the bilateral and informal nature of China-led multilateralism practices. They argue that the bilateral approach is driven by China's will to keep its paramount position within the formats and its pursuit to exploit the divisions among countries in these formats. Moreover, China's relations with the Global South community are governed by informal networks that give the impression of non-interference and position China as the principal power due to these relationships' inherent asymmetry. Cognizant of bilateral and informal drivers of China's multilateral practices, the book compares China's relations with selected case studies of countries under the multilateral umbrella: Brazil, Cambodia, Chile, Kenya, Poland, Serbia, South Africa, and Thailand. It considers the growing tensions between China and the West surrounding the crisis of the COVID-19 pandemic, the centralisation of power in China, and the Russian war in Ukraine.
Shedding light on China's policies and practices on bilateral and multilateral levels, this book will be of interest to researchers studying International Relations, Asian Politics, the politics of the Global South and Chinese Studies.
Contents
Introduction
Section 1. Exercising discursive power by framing relations within China's vertical multilateralism.
Chapter 1. Framing civilisation and contemporary histories in China's multilateral formats.
Chapter 2. Introducing achievements and solutions for China-led multilateral audiences.
Chapter 3. Deciphering China's priorities across multilateral formats in the Global South.
Section 2. China's Networks in the Global South: Elite-Centred Relations and Media Messaging
Chapter 4. Elite-centred diplomacy under China's vertical multilateralism in the Global South.
Chapter 5. Networking through ambassadorial activities during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Chapter 6. China's diplomats and policymakers' presence in local newspapers in the Global South countries.
Section 3. Trade, Infrastructure and Technology: Pillars of China's Economic Statecraft Toward the Global South
Chapter 7. China's Trading Power and the Risk of Sectoral Overreliance in the Global South
Chapter 8. Financial commitments, investments and construction projects under China's Vertical Multilateralism
Chapter 9. China's technological and digital engagement and Huawei's rise in the Global South.
Conclusion
