China’s World: What Does China Want?

258 Pages·2017·7.16 MB·English

by  Kerry Brown

KERRY BROWN is Professor of Chinese Studies and Director
of the Lau China Institute at King’s College London and
Associate on the Asia Programme at Chatham House. Prior
to this he was Professor of Chinese Politics and Director
of the China Studies Centre at the University of Sydney.
With 25 years’ experience of China, he has worked in edu-
cation, business and government, including a term as First
Secretary at the British Embassy in Beijing. He has written
on China for the London Review of Books, the Diplomat
and Foreign Policy as well as for many international and
Chinese media outlets. He is the bestselling author of
CEO, China (I.B.Tauris, 2016) and The New Emperors:
Power and the Princelings in China (I.B.Tauris, 2014). His
other books include Contemporary China (2012), Friends
and Enemies: The Past, Present and Future of the Communist
Party of China (2009) and Struggling Giant: China in the
21st Century (2007).
‘Kerry Brown is one of our most perceptive and accurate foreign
observers of China’
John Simpson, BBC
‘China now matters globally, and its inner workings need to be
interpreted. This book, from one of the most experienced China-
watchers in the field, throws a huge amount of light on Chinese
decision-making, especially on foreign policy. Read it, for a picture
of what China means to the world and the world means to China.’
Sir Jeremy Greenstock,
former British ambassador to the UN
‘An admirably engaging and thoughtful account… Refreshingly
candid, the book exposes the fiction of a singular Chinese worldview,
and forces us to contemplate both the myths and realities behind
the narrative of China’s global power. It is essential reading for all
those concerned with China and international relations today.’
Katherine Morton,
Professor of International Relations, Sheffield University
CHINA’S
WORLD
What Does China Want?
Kerry Brown
Published in 2017 by
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To Jolita Pons and Rebecca Fabrizi,
for friendship and wise advice

CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS xi
LiST OF ABBREViATiONS xiii
iNTRODUCTiON 1
1 THE PRiNCiPLES OF CHiNESE FOREiGN POLiCY 11
2 THE WORLD ACCORDiNG TO xi JiNPiNG 40
3 CHiNA AND THE UNiTED STATES:
THE ULTiMATE LOVE–HATE RELATiONSHiP 75
4 ZONE TWO: THE ASiA REGiON 112
5 ZONE THREE: THE EU AND CHiNA –
CiViLiZED PARTNERS TALKiNG PAST EACH OTHER 145
6 ZONE FOUR: THE WiDER WORLD 173
CONCLUSiON: TELLiNG THE CHiNA STORY 201
NOTES 217
SUGGESTED READiNG 231
iNDEx 237