The Making of Chinese Foreign Policy: Actors and Processes.

Abstract

This thesis focuses on the decision-making processes in Chinese foreign policymaking. Roles of institutions and individuals in these processes are explicated in different types of decisions. The information 'windows' through which China views the world are identified. Career backgrounds on foreign ministry officials and the diplomatic corps are presented, China's behavior in negotiations and crisis management are analyzed, and a case study of decisions leading to the 1979 Sino-Vietnamese war offered in example. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1979
Accession Number
ADA078504

Entities

People

  • Freeland Henry Carde Iii

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Birds
  • Case Studies
  • Corporations
  • Foreign Relations
  • Geography
  • Intergovernmental Organizations
  • International Law
  • International Relations
  • National Politics
  • National Security
  • Political Science
  • Recreation
  • Sociopolitics
  • Students
  • Terrain
  • Treaties
  • War Colleges

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Asian Economic Studies
  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union