The Making of Chinese Foreign and Security Policy in the Era of Reform

This volume provides a look at the changes in the way Chinese foreign and security policy is made during the reform era, and the implications of those changes for China's future behaviour on the international stage. Bringing together the contributions of more than a dozen scholars who undertook extensive field research in the People s Republic of China, South Korea, and Taiwan, the book is the most comprehensive, in-depth, and rigorous account of how Chinese foreign and security policy is formulated and implemented. Since the reform era began in the late 1970s, a new and ever-changing mix of forces has been reshaping Chinese foreign and national security policy-making institutions and processes. This volume examines those forces: bureaucratic politics and evolving organizations, changing elite views and skills, an altered domestic agenda, increasingly diverse social forces and public opinion, and the growing complexity of the international system itself, including globalization and multilateral regimes. The analysis goes one step further to look at specific foreign and security policy issues and relationships, including case studies dealing with Korea, Taiwan, the World Trade Organization, and arms control.

Table of Contents:
Acknowledgments 1. China's foreign and national security policy-making process: it is changing and does it matter? David M. Lampton Part I. Institutions and Localities: 2. The central leadership, supraministry and party departments Lu Ning 3. The influence of the fun: China's central military commission and its relationship with the military, and state decision-making systems Tai Ming Cheug 4. The external relations of China's provinces Peter T. Y. Cheung and James T. H. Tang Part II. Elite and Societal Opinion: 5. The foreign policy outlook of China's 'third generation' elite H. Lyman Miller and Liu Xiaohong 6. The domestic context of Chinese foreign policy: does 'public opinion' matter? Joseph Fewsmith and Stanley Rosen Part III. International System Influences: 7. Empowered and restrained: Chinese foreign policy in the age of economic interdependence Thomas G. Moore and Dixia Yang 8. The impact of international regimes on Chinese foreign policy-making: broadening perspectives Elizabeth Economy Part IV. Case Studies: 9. Two steps forward, one step back: the dynamics of Chinese nonproliferation and arms control policy-making in an era of reform Bates Gill 10. Chinese decision-making regarding Taiwan 1979-2000 Michael D. Swaine 11. The case of China's accession to GATT/WTO Margaret M. Pearson 12. The making of China's Korea policy in the era of reform Samuel S. Kim Notes Index.

About the Author :
David M. Lampton is George and Sadie Hyman Professor and Director of the China Studies Program at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, and Director of Chinese Studies at The Nixon Center, Washington, D.C. His most recent book is Same Bed, Different Dreams: Managing United States-China Relations, 1989-2000.

Review :
" ... [The] quality of the contributors and the editor's choice of essay topics make for a sophisticated volume for undergraduate and graduate students and some professional policy analysts." - Asian Affairs "This is a substantive contribution to the literature on Chinese foreign policy... The volume is by far the best and most comprehensive study currently available on the ways in which the processes of foreign policy-making have been transformed in China during the reform period. It explains better than any previous work the complexities of the impact of economic interdependence on foreign relations. It exhibits all the strengths and few of the weaknesses of approaches to foreign policy that place most stress on decision-making processes. It deserves careful reading by students and practitioners alike." - International Affairs "The best book to date on how Chinese foreign and security policy is made... This is an informative and useful book. Lampton's introductory chapter could fruitfully be read by anyone interested in contemporary international relations or foreign policy making... The book as a whole will be required reading for specialists in the field of contemporary China and international relations in Asia." - International Journal "This 12-chapter compendium is the culmination of years of fruitful work by a number of the best specialists in the field of Chinese foreign and security policy... The result is a volume of great use to scholars and practitioners alike... [Lampton's] introductory chapter is exemplary, well written and well organized, giving a clear sense of how the subsequent chapters fit into the broad purpose and scope of the book. He also provides perspective analytical frameworks for judging the overall importance of recent trends in Chinese foreign and security policymaking." - The China Journal "The book is noteworthy in that all of the analysts are experts in their respective fields and their contributions reflect their professionalism and expertise. In other words, there isn't a dud in the book." - Political Science Quarterly