Description
China’s relations with its neighbors have evolved since 1949, and in the 21st century many scholars argue that China’s rising power has led it to be increasingly domineering over those smaller countries in Northeast, Southeast, Central, and South Asia. The evolution of China’s regional relations needs to be examined comprehensively, since China counts twenty-seven countries as its "neighbors" large and small. While China’s official policy toward all of these countries is to treat them as "good neighbors" and "partners," some of these relationships have been spectacularly deteriorating, while others have been quietly improving over the last two decades.
Jackson takes a comparative foreign policy approach, and compares China’s status as a regional hegemon with the United States, Russia, India, Brazil, South Africa and Nigeria. The result is a broader theory as to why regional powers are sometimes intimidating and at other times accommodating.
An important contribution to studies on China, this book will prove useful to scholars and students in Chinese and Asian foreign policy, comparative foreign policy, and international relations.
Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Regional Hegemons and Their Behavior
Chapter 3 Legacies of China’s Regional Relations
Chapter 4 Restructuring Relations: the "Good Neighbor" 1988-2004
Chapter 5 "Friendly Elephant" or Assertive Dragon? 2004 --
Chapter 6 China and Northeast Asia in the 21st Century
Chapter 7 China and Southeast Asia in the 21st Century
Chapter 8 China and Central Asia in the 21st Century
Chapter 9 China and South Asia in the 21st Century
Chapter 10 Conclusion
