Most people believe China's foreign behavior is driven by its growing power status in world politics. Chinese leaders still firmly uphold some traditional values in foreign policy such as sovereignty, territorial integrity, and national unification. However, it is often neglected that China's behavior is also shaped by its changing perception of the globalizing world and, to a large extent, is a result of external pressure on China. By examining the dynamics of paradigm shifts in China's foreign policy thinking, this book explores the ideological sources of China's international relations in the new century. With growing economic interdependence with the outside world, which creates both constraints as well as incentives to adapt to the prevailing norms in contemporary international relations, authors of this volume analyze indigenous Chinese sources of intellect on the paradigm shifts. The concepts studied in this volume include national identity, nationalism, globalism, multilateralism, sovereignty, and the role of international law in Chinese foreign policy. This volume helps to shed new light on how the dynamics of paradigm shifts affect China's behavior in international affairs.

The editors and authors of this very useful volume represent a new generation of international relations scholars who have been educated in China and the West. . . This volume is, therefore, very much to be welcomed. * Journal of Asian Studies *
Having devoted themselves to the research of Taiwanese politics for over a decade, the authors amassed enormous amounts of original data and have effectively presented this information to the readers...All authors display impressive erudition, interspersing comments on ancient texts with the language of contemporary international relations theory. -- June Teufel Dreyer, University of Miami * Issues and Studies *
?a lot of food for thought. -- Yongjin Zhang, University of Auckland * The China Journal *
The editors and authors of this very useful volume represent a new generation of international relations scholars... -- Stanley Rosen, University of Southern California * Journal of Asian Studies *
The editors and authors of this very useful volume represent a new generation of international relations scholars... -- Stanley Rosen, University of Southern California * Journal of Asian Studies *
The editors and authors of this very useful volume represent a new generation of international relations scholars who have been educated in China and the West. . . This volume is, therefore, very much to be welcomed. * Journal of Asian Studies *
Having devoted themselves to the research of Taiwanese politics for over a decade, the authors amassed enormous amounts of original data and have effectively presented this information to the readers...All authors display impressive erudition, interspersing comments on ancient texts with the language of contemporary international relations theory. -- June Teufel Dreyer, University of Miami * Issues and Studies *
…a lot of food for thought. -- Yongjin Zhang, University of Auckland * The China Journal *

R. Weixing Hu is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Hong Kong.