World Scientific Publishing Company China's Omnidirectional Peripheral Diplomacy: 45 (Series on Contemporary China)

Review This valuable compendium of studies on different aspects of China's foreign relations in Asia brings new voices of younger scholars and new insights to the field. Jianwei Wang and Hoo Tiang Boon are to be congratulated with assembling this volume, which should be widely read. --Professor David Shambaugh, George Washington University Product Description In view of its size, and vast land and sea boundaries that it shares with its neighbours, China has always regarded its peripheral policy as a crucial aspect of its national security. Such a mentality conforms to Chinese leaders' core belief that a stable external environment in particular, its immediate region remains the sine qua non for the continued and sustained rejuvenation of their nation.This book examines China's evolving strategies towards its surrounding peripheries. It is the first book to examine in detail President Xi Jinping's steering of China's peripheral diplomacy. It argues that China pursues an ambitious, omnidirectional regional diplomacy that emphasizes the entire periphery region, and not just specific peripheries. According to this book, Chinese regional policy cannot be properly and adequately understood without taking into account its full breadth, substance and scope. Featuring chapters that explore China's evolving policy in Northeast Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia and Central Asia, and addressing new developments under Xi, this book fleshes out the intricacies of how China has been managing its peripheral relationships in Asia under new circumstances and new leadership. About the Author Jianwei Wang received his BA and MA in international politics from Fudan University in Shanghai and his PhD in political science from University of Michigan. He is currently professor of the Department of Government and Public Administration, director of Institute of Global and Public Affairs, University of Macau. Previously he served as a tenured professor of political science at University of Wisconsin Stevens Point. He has worked and served in many other teaching and research institutions such as Sigure Center for Asian Studies at George Washington University, the Atlantic Council of the United States, the East West Center in Hawaii, the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research in Geneva, the East Asian Institute in Singapore, Fudan University and Sun Yat-Sen University in China. His research interests focus on Sino-American relations, East Asian security affairs, Chinese foreign policy and Sino-Japanese relations. He has published extensively in these areas.Dr Hoo Tiang Boon is Coordinator of the MSc (Asian Studies) Programme and Assistant Professor with the China Programme at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University. He holds a PhD in International Relations from the University of Oxford. Dr Hoo is the author of several publications on China. He has been involved in several diplomatic initiatives, including the Singapore US Strategic Dialogue, Singapore France Dialogue on China, the Korea Singapore Forum and the Network of ASEAN Defence and Security Institutions. He is an overseas expert in the China Thinktanks network of the Development Research Centre of China's State Council. Dr Hoo was formerly a visiting fellow at the China Foreign Affairs University, a visiting scholar at the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences and a visiting researcher at the Shanghai Institutes for International Studies. He is a featured columnist for China Daily.