China's Non-intervention Policy Meets International Military Intervention in the Post-Cold War Era : Focusing on Cases of Illegal Intervention
Journal: Ritsumeikan Academic Repository (R-Cube) (Ritsumeikan University)
Year: 2014

China has long taken the principle of non-intervention as its diplomatic dogma and major rhetorical instrument. However, its non-intervention policy is flexible in facing certain international interventions. This article attempts to explain why the behavior of China’s foreign policy varies in its degree of consistency with the principle of non-intervention by examining China’s attitude and behavior toward different cases of illegal intervention. China’s response to a specific intervention is pru