Tim Nicholas Rühlig

China's Foreign Policy Contradictions

Lessons from China's R2p, Hong Kong, and Wto Policy

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Produktbeschreibung

China's rise to great power status is indisputable but can it shape the future international order? This question remains widely debated because China's foreign policy is contradictory. Contrary to conventional wisdom, this book shows that China does not act from a position of strength, but that foreign policy contradictions are the result of the domestic vulnerabilities of the ruling Chinese Communist Party. Providing exceptional insights into the considerations behind the opaque institutional structures of Chinese foreign policymaking and decision making, it shows that China will not provide a "model" for a new international system, but could undermine the existing order.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 278
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Januar 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 242mm x 166mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 530g
• ISBN-13: 9780197573303
• ISBN-10: 0197573304
• Artikelnr.: 62350591

Autorenporträt

Tim Nicholas Rühlig is a research fellow at the German Council on Foreign Relations and an associate fellow with The Swedish Institute of International Affairs analyzing Europe-China relations and Chinese foreign and industrial policy-including high technology and Hong Kong politics. His current projects focus on China's domestic determinants of Chinese foreign policymaking, China's growing footprint in technical standardization, the emerging US-China technology rivalry and its implications for Europe. In addition to his academic research, Rühlig provides policy advice to European policymakers such as the European Commission. He chairs the working group "high technology and innovation" of the EU-funded COST Action "Europe in China Research Network" (CHERN) and is a member of the European Think-tank Network on China (ETNC), which he coordinated in 2018.

Inhaltsangabe

* I. Introduction
* I.1 Why bother about Chinese foreign policy contradictions?
* I.2 Rule monopolist vs. rule manager: China and the transformation of
the state
* I.3 Towards an anthropology of China's foreign policymaking
* I.4 The four main contributions of this book
* I.5 Outline of the book
* II. Unpacking the Chinese party-state
* II. 1 State image and state transformation in "New China"
* II.1.1 China's party-state as a rule monopolist
* II.1.2 China's party-state as a rule manager
* II.2 The contested approach to the role of the state and China's
contradictory foreign policy
* III. Chinese approaches to international security: the Responsibility
to Protect
* III.1 China's contradictory R2P policy
* III.1.1 China's approach to the R2P in Libya
* III.1.2 China's approach to the R2P in Syria
* III. 2 Understanding China's contradictory R2P policy
* III.2.1 The implications of trade-offs in the CCP's legitimization
for China's R2P policy
* III.2.2 China's R2P policy: decision-making and institutions
* III.3 Implications of China's contradictory R2P policy for the
international order
* III.4 Summary of findings
* IV. Chinese approaches to rule: One Country, Two Systems in Hong Kong
* IV.1 China's contradictory Hong Kong policy
* IV.1.1 China's approach to national security under article 23 of the
Basic Law
* IV.1.2 China's approach to electoral reform under article 45 of the
Basic Law
* IV.2 Understanding China's contradictory Hong Kong policy
* IV.2.1 The implications of trade-offs in the CCP's legitimization for
China's Hong Kong policy
* IV.2.2 The implications of the party-state's structure for China's
Hong Kong policy
* IV.3 Implications of China's contradictory Hong Kong policy for the
international order
* IV.4 Summary of findings
* V. Chinese approaches to welfare: the implementation of WTO law
* V.1 China's contradictory WTO policy
* V.1.1 China's approach to the DSB
* V.1.2 China's approach to WTO law in the banking sector
* V.2 Understanding China's contradictory WTO policy
* V.2.1 The implications of trade-offs in the CCP's legitimization for
China's WTO policy
* V.2.2 The implications of the party-state's structure for China's WTO
policy
* V.3 Implications of China's contradictory WTO policy for the
international order
* V.4 Summary of findings
* VI. Conclusions
* VI.1 China's foreign policy contradictions and the future
international order
* VI.2 Contributions to existing research
* VI.3 Implications for policymakers and practitioners
* References
* Notes