China’s political evolution and approach to international order examined in book
How China is seeking to reshape the international order on its own terms is the topic of a new book co-written by Professor Steve Tsang, Director of the SOAS China Institute.
‘China’s Global Strategy under Xi Jinping’ provides insight on the ideologies and political strategy surrounding Xi Jinping and China’s approach to foreign policy, through a new framework entitled Sino-centric party-state realism.
To comprehend China’s approach to the world, we must understand its agency, the state ideology that shapes its thinking, and what its global strategy aims to achieve.
Given that China and the US continue to contend to dominate as a global and political superpower after recent meetings between Xi Jinping and Donald Trump, the book sheds a light on how domestic political imperatives and party ideology shape China's external behaviour, investigating the rising power, global ambitions—and the potential for great power conflict.
Co-written with and King’s College London’s Dr Olivia Cheung, the book examines years of political evolutions and the internal drivers of China’s strategy.
Speaking about the book, Professor Tsang said: “To comprehend China’s approach to the world, we must understand its agency, the state ideology that shapes its thinking, and what its global strategy aims to achieve.”
Dr Cheung also added: “The book is an original attempt to explain how Xi Jinping Thought can be used to explain, analyse and predict China's foreign policy behaviour.”
Published through Oxford University Press, the book has received high praise from the likes of Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, The Times, Monocle and more.
