Dancing with the Dragon

China's Emergence in the Developing World

Edited by Dennis Hickey and Baogang Guo - Contributions by Muhamad Al-Olimat; Joseph Y.U. Cheng; Dennis Hickey; Shiping Hua; Jih-Un Kim; Eric Kiss; Samuel C.Y. Ku; Han Lheem; Jing Men; Chung-chian Teng; Enyu Zhang and Kate Zhou

For the past several decades, China has been transforming itself from an isolated and backward agrarian society into an economic superpower with global interests and responsibilities. Over 300 million Chinese have been lifted out of poverty and China now enjoys the fastest growing and third largest economy on earth. Not surprisingly, numerous changes in China's foreign relations have accompanied the astounding transformations in the country's domestic politics and society. Perhaps most surprising to some observers is Beijing's aggressive foray into the so-called developing world. This co-edited book focuses on China's increasing engagement with many of the less developed countries-particularly those in Africa, Latin America, Southeast Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East-and explores the current and future trends in Beijing's foreign relations. The old and hackneyed call for revolutionary struggle and world revolution has been consigned to the dustbin of history. In its place is a concrete pledge to construct a 'win-win' relationship with any country willing to deepen ties with Beijing. Dancing with the Dragon will help readers gain a greater understanding of China's foreign relations in this critical part of the global community.

Lexington Books

Pages: 240 • Trim: 6½ x 9½

978-0-7391-4065-9 • Hardback • April 2010 • $128.00 • (£98.00)

978-0-7391-4067-3 • eBook • April 2010 • $121.50 • (£94.00)

Series: Challenges Facing Chinese Political Development

Subjects: Political Science / Comparative Politics, Political Science / International Relations / General

Dancing with the Dragon

China's Emergence in the Developing World

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Summary

For the past several decades, China has been transforming itself from an isolated and backward agrarian society into an economic superpower with global interests and responsibilities. Over 300 million Chinese have been lifted out of poverty and China now enjoys the fastest growing and third largest economy on earth. Not surprisingly, numerous changes in China's foreign relations have accompanied the astounding transformations in the country's domestic politics and society. Perhaps most surprising to some observers is Beijing's aggressive foray into the so-called developing world. This co-edited book focuses on China's increasing engagement with many of the less developed countries-particularly those in Africa, Latin America, Southeast Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East-and explores the current and future trends in Beijing's foreign relations. The old and hackneyed call for revolutionary struggle and world revolution has been consigned to the dustbin of history. In its place is a concrete pledge to construct a 'win-win' relationship with any country willing to deepen ties with Beijing. Dancing with the Dragon will help readers gain a greater understanding of China's foreign relations in this critical part of the global community.

Details

Lexington Books

Pages: 240 • Trim: 6½ x 9½

978-0-7391-4065-9 • Hardback • April 2010 • $128.00 • (£98.00)

978-0-7391-4067-3 • eBook • April 2010 • $121.50 • (£94.00)

Series: Challenges Facing Chinese Political Development

Subjects: Political Science / Comparative Politics, Political Science / International Relations / General

Author

Dennis Hickey is The James F. Morris Endowed Professor of Political Science at Missouri State University. Baogang Guo is associate professor of political science at Dalton State College

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction: Dancing with the Dragon: China's Emergence in the Developing World
Chapter 2 Chapter 1: The Chinese One World View and Foreign Policy
Chapter 3 Chapter 2: China's Foreign Policy After the 17th Party Congress
Chapter 4 Chapter 3: Matching Words with Deeds: China's Embracement of East Asian Regionalism
Chapter 5 Chapter 4: When Soft Power Meets Nationalism: An Analysis of China's Charm Offensive in South Korea
Chapter 6 Chapter 5: A Triangular Relationship: China, Russia and the US in Central Asia
Chapter 7 Chapter 6: Democracy, Development and China's Acquisition of Oil in the Third World
Chapter 8 Chapter 7: China and Africa: Old Friends and New Partners
Chapter 9 Chapter 8: China's New Burden in Africa
Chapter 10 Chapter 9: China and the Middle East
Chapter 11 Chapter 10: China and Southeast Asia: The Clouds Behind the Light

Reviews

China's surging political, economic, and social relations with the developing world have sparked considerable attention and even generated alarm in some national capitals. The chapters in this volume, written by an international ensemble of scholars from Europe, Taiwan, and the United States, provide generally balanced and invaluable historical and current background on China's exploding relations with Africa, Central Asia, the Middle East, Southeast Asia, and other regions, simultaneously illuminating the causes and consequences of these ties and correcting some of the distortions present in the contemporary academic, journalistic, and policymaking communities' treatment of these topics.
— Jean-Marc F. Blanchard, San Francisco State University

Dancing with the Dragon offers valuable perspectives on China's interactions with the developing world.
— Dali Yang, University of Chicago

This book brings together leading experts from three continents-Asia, Europe and North America-to examine China's emergence as a major player in the developing world. This comprehensive overview text, with multifaceted analysis based on new scholarship, will interest scholars, students, and practitioners in the fields of Chinese politics, Chinese foreign policy, energy politics, and regional area studies.
— Sujian Guo

Chapters provide valuable insights, and are expertly written and cited….Dennis Hickey and Baogang Guo's brief historical introduction is one of the highlights of the volume and makes a superb primer for any student of China's contemporary relations with the developing world….Dancing with the Dragon's strengths are that it is a collection of papers by both American and Chinese authors and, as such, provides a fascinating juxtaposition of optimistic and skeptical perceptions of China's emergence in the developing world.
— Public Affairs, June 2011

Dancing with the Dragon provides relatively comprehensive coverage on China’s Third World relations and offers some latest materials on this topic, students of Chinese foreign policy and the Third World can benefit from reading this informative work.

— Journal of Chinese Political Science