Chinese International Relations and Foreign Policy

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The economic and political reforms of the 1980s and 1990s transformed China into the world’s second-largest economy in less than a generation. Its economic growth has allowed the country to seek a greater role in shaping world politics. In this advanced-level undergraduate course we are trying to make sense of Chinese foreign policy—how China approaches the world and what shapes its external behaviors—in the contemporary era. This course begins with an introduction, laying out the overall course structure, introducing key theoretical perspectives and approaches to Chinese International Relations, historical overview, principles and goals of Chinese Foreign Policy, as well as the main domestic debates on foreign policy. The domestic and international determinants for a changing Chinese Foreign Policy are examined as is Chinas relationships with its neighbours, the US and other international institutions.