China's foreign policy making
Subtitle: societal force and Chinese American policy
By: edited by Yufan Hao and Lin Su.
Contributors: Hao, Yufan.; Su, Lin.
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 230
Subjects: China -- Foreign relations -- 21st century.; United States -- Foreign relations -- China.; China -- Foreign relations -- United States.
Description: "This book examines the increasing influence of various domestic factors such as bureaucracy, academics, media and public opinion over China's foreign policy making in particular, it focuses on China's policy towards the United States and whether there has been an emergence of societal factors, independent of the Communist Party, that have begun to exert influence over the policy process. Questions such as how will it affect the ability of the Chinese government to frame and implement its policy towards the US and has it generated institutional arrangements in China for cooperation on issues such as trade, human rights and Taiwan are explored. This book provides a better understanding of the role of societal forces in China's foreign policy making process."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Contending views: emerging elites's perception of America / Yufan Hao and Lin Su; title: Recent "anti-Americanism" in China: historical roots and impact / Hongshan Li; title: The role of the media: a case study of China's media coverage of U.S. war in Iraq / Yanmin Yu; title: The Internet and China's foreign policy-making / Junhao Hong; title: Ministry of foreign affairs in the age of Internet / Xin An (Lucian) Lu; title: Impact of intellectuals and think-tanks on Chinese foreign policy / Quansheng Zhao; title: The role of nationalism in China's U.S. policy-making with regard to Taiwan / Zhidong Hao; title: Civil sociaty and Chinese foreign policy / Liu Guoli and Su Hao; title: Coastal provinces and China's foreign policy making / Zhimin Chen; title: Shanghai and Wang Daohan / Zhu Zhiqun.