The Making of Chinese Foreign and Security Policy in the Era of Reform, 1978-2000

by Lampton, David M.

• ISBN13: 9780804740562
• ISBN10: 0804740569
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-04-01
• Publisher: Stanford Univ Pr

Summary

This volume provides a unique look at the changes in the way Chinese foreign and security policy is made during the reform era, and the implications of those changes for China's future behavior on the international stage. Bringing together the contributions of more than a dozen scholars who undertook extensive field research in the People's Republic of China, South Korea, and Taiwan, the book is the most comprehensive, in-depth, and rigorous account of how Chinese foreign and security policy is formulated and implemented. Since the reform era began in the late 1970s, a new and ever-changing mix of forces has been reshaping Chinese foreign and national security policy-making institutions and processes. This volume examines those forces: bureaucratic politics and evolving organizations, changing elite views and skills, an altered domestic agenda, increasingly diverse social forces and public opinion, and the growing complexity of the international system itself, including globalization and multilateral regimes. The analysis goes one step further to look at specific foreign and security policy issues and relationships, including case studies dealing with Korea, Taiwan, the World Trade Organization, and arms control. The volume addresses itself to policy-makers in both the public and private sectors, as well as scholars of China and international relations. It concludes that China's foreign and national security policy making, as well as its behavior abroad, is largely shaped by the forces of globalization, decentralization, pluralization, and professionalization. But the book also shows how the enduring power of Chinese decision makers and their national interest focus also mould China's behavior, notably in crises and in major strategic decisions. Looking to the future, the book suggests that the forces of change in the Chinese system offer the possibility, though not the certainty, that China may increasingly fit more comfortably into the international system in the years ahead, though not without frictions and mishaps.

Author Biography

David M. Lampton is George and Sadie Hyman Professor and Director of the China Studies Program at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, and Director of Chinese Studies at The Nixon Center, Washington, D.C. His most recent book is Same Bed, Different Dreams: Managing United States-China Relations, 1989-2000.

Table of Contents

List of Figures and Tables	ix
Acknowledgments	xi
List of Abbreviations	xv
China's Foreign and National Security Policy-Making Process: Is It Changing and Does It Matter?	1	(38)
David M. Lampton
PART ONE INSTITUTIONS AND LOCALITIES
The Central Leadership, Supraministry Coordinating Bodies, State Council Ministries, and Parry Departments	39	(22)
Lu Ning
The Influence of the Gun: China's Central Military Commission and Its Relationship with the Military, Parry, and State Decision-Making Systems	61	(30)
Tai Ming Cheung
The External Relations of China's Provinces	91	(32)
Peter T. Y. Cheung
James T. H. Tang
PART TWO ELITE AND SOCIETAL OPINION
The Foreign Policy Outlook of China's ``Third Generation'' Elite	123	(28)
H. Lyman Miller
Liu Xiaohong
The Domestic Context of Chinese Foreign Policy: Does ``Public Opinion'' Matter?	151	(40)
Joseph Fewsmith
Stanley Rosen
PART THREE INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM INFLUENCES
Empowered and Restrained: Chinese Foreign Policy in the Age of Economic Interdependence	191	(39)
Thomas G. Moore
Dixia Yang
The Impact of International Regimes on Chinese Foreign Policy-Making: Broadening Perspectives and Policies...But Only to a Point	230	(27)
Elizabeth Economy
PART FOUR CASE STUDIES
Two Steps Forward, One Step Back: The Dynamics of Chinese Nonproliferation and Arms Control Policy-Making in an Era of Reform	257	(32)
Bates Gill
Chinese Decision-Making Regarding Taiwan, 1979-2000	289	(48)
Michael D. Swaine
The Case of China's Accession to GATT/WTO	337	(34)
Margaret M. Pearson
The Making of China's Korea Policy in the Era of Reform	371	(38)
Samuel S. Kim
Notes	409	(64)
Contributors	473	(6)
Index	479