Making the Foreign Serve China

by Brady, Anne-Marie

• ISBN13: 9780742518612
• ISBN10: 0742518612
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-10-01
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc

Summary

This book provides the first detailed analysis of a distinctive element of Chinese foreign policy, waishi, the external policies intended to influence and control both foreigners themselves as well as Chinese citizens' contact with and perception of outsiders. The term also comprises China's external relations? both official state-to-state and unofficial or people-to-people diplomacy. Anne-Marie Brady argues that by encompassing all matters related to foreigners and foreign things, not merely diplomacy, waishi has proven to be one of the most effective tools in the CCP's repertoire for building and then sustaining its hold on power. The author's groundbreaking research is based on a previously unexplored genre of classified waishi materials, extensive interviews with waishi officials and foreign participants of the system, as well as extensive archival research.

Author Biography

Anne-Marie Brady is a lecturer in political science at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand.

Table of Contents

List of Abbreviations	ix
Preface	xi
1 Introduction	1	(1)
2 Friendship	1	(2)
3 Internationalists	3	(76)
4 Cleaning the House before Inviting the Guests	79	(38)
5 Beijing's Friends, Moscow's Enemies	117	(26)
6 Red and Expert	143	(34)
7 Bridge Building	177	(38)
8 China Says Yes and No	215	(34)
9 Friends All over the World?	249	(6)
Appendix	255	(2)
Glossary	257	(8)
Select Bibliography	265	(16)
Index	281
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