Deciphering China

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin Tze Ern Ho
Keyword(s):  
International Relations ◽  
China’S Rise ◽  
China's Rise ◽  
Thought Leaders

This chapter examines Singaporean elite perspectives towards China and how China’s rise is understood and debated in Singapore. It argues that Singapore’s reading of China’s rise is broadly divided into three schools that parallel theories of mainstream international relations, namely, the realist, economic institutionalist, and the constructivist positions. By analyzing the views put forth by three Singaporean thought leaders that are representative of each of these schools, the chapter argues that at the crux of Singapore’s perspectives on China is a contestation between these three schools of thought as well as the extent to which Singapore perceives China as exceptional.

Securitizing Culture in Chinese Foreign Policy Debates

Asian Survey ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 53 (4) ◽  
pp. 629-652 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel C. Lynch
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Policy ◽  
International Relations ◽  
Chinese Foreign Policy ◽  
China’S Rise ◽  
Cultural Autonomy ◽  
Policy Debates ◽  
American Hegemony ◽  
China's Rise ◽  
Policy Elites

The tendency for Chinese foreign policy elites to securitize culture in international relations by portraying it as a zone of intense contestation with other states suggests that China’s rise will be rocky. Some seek to defend China’s cultural autonomy from American hegemony, others, to establish Chinese domination over weaker states.

Studying China’s Rise

2021 ◽  
pp. 35-62
Author(s):  
Shaun Breslin
Keyword(s):  
International Relations ◽  
International Level ◽  
China’S Rise ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
China's Rise ◽  
Asking Questions ◽  
Research Agendas ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Way

The chapter suggests that different ways of studying China can not only generate different conclusions about the nature and consequences of China’s rise, but also the sort of evidence that is sought for and used to justify pre-existing presumptions. While the main focus in international relations scholarship is on the consequences of different theoretical preferences, the chapter points to the differences between domestic research agendas (asking questions about China) and more international level ones (asking questions about the impact of China|). The significance of the location and background of the researcher is also brought into the equation. In combination with the way that intentions are signalled by China’s leaders, the basic starting point of studies of China helps shape imaginations of China’s future, typically built around fundamental questions of trust (and the lack of it).

scholarly journals Theorizing China’s rise in and beyond international relations

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 289-311 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chengxin Pan ◽  
Emilian Kavalski
Keyword(s):  
Cold War ◽  
Soviet Union ◽  
International Relations ◽  
Blind Spot ◽  
World Politics ◽  
Ir Theory ◽  
China’S Rise ◽  
Contemporary World ◽  
China's Rise ◽  
The Cold War

Abstract China's rise, like the demise of the Soviet Union, is one of the defining events in the contemporary world. Yet, while the unexpected Soviet collapse and the end of the Cold War sparked the ‘Third Debate’ in International Relations (IR) theory, it is puzzling that the rise of China has yet to generate a comparable process of shell-shock and soul-searching among IR theorists. Just as the end of the Cold War is more than simply the end of a bipolar power struggle per se, so too China's rise is much more than the familiar ascendancy of another great power. Rather, it is also a complex, evolving and possibly border-traversing and paradigm-shattering phenomenon in global life that, on the one hand, requires fresh and innovative theorizing in and beyond IR and, on the other hand, potentially offers new insights for us to rethink world politics more broadly. This article introduces this Special Issue that seeks to tentatively respond to this theoretical, epistemological and ontological challenge. It draws attention to the blind spot in IR theorizing on China, and calls for deeper engagement between IR theory and China's rise that goes beyond mere ‘theory-testing’ within the existing perimeters of mainstream IR.

China According to Henry

2011 ◽  
Vol 110 (737) ◽  
pp. 251-252
Author(s):  
William W. Finan
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
International Relations ◽  
The United States ◽  
Henry Kissinger ◽  
China’S Rise ◽  
China's Rise

Henry Kissinger in his latest book parts company with international-relations realists who believe China's rise will necessarily entail conflict with the United States.

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