Chinese Foreign Policy
In this course we will explore the effect of China's rising power on foreign relations with its neighbors in the Asia-Pacific region, and with the United States. Will China's growing power lead to war, as the emergence of new great powers has in the past? Might Chinese nationalism generate strife with Japan in an effort to redress historical wrongs? Could an emerging Taiwanese national identity provoke military conflict with the People's Republic across the Taiwan Strait? Or, will Chinese economic dynamism and "soft power" contribute to peace in the region? Drawing upon international relations theory, policy documents, film, and historical accounts, we will address these questions by considering the evolution of Chinese foreign policy since the founding of the PRC in 1949. (International Relations and Foreign Policy)/