Chinese Foreign Policy: Pragmatism and Strategic Behavior

China's post-Mao leadership has been increasingly sensitive to China's position in the changing global environment. This book examines China's strategic place on the world stage, particularly in its relationships with major powers and Asian neighbors and highlights the security implications of China's emerging role in the global system. The book takes an international system centered approach to foreign policy, which assumes that state behavior is guided by national interests and defined in terms of survival, security power, and relative capacity. The contributors suggest that China has developed a pragmatic strategy to deal with established international norms while rejecting others that may conflict with national interests.