CHINESE FOREIGN POLICY Spring Semester, 2014

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1 CHINESE FOREIGN POLICY Spring Semester, 2014 COURSE SYLLABUS Time: [to be announced] Instructor: Vida Macikenaite Contacts: COURSE DESCRIPTION With continuous China s growth the general picture of the world is undergoing transformation that one could have hardly anticipated a few decades ago. With its expanding economy and ever-deeper international integration China is playing an increasingly significant role in the world affairs. Under such circumstances it is nearly impossible to foresee further international developments without understanding how China approaches the world and what shapes its behavior. This course provides a comprehensive understanding of Chinese foreign policy. Each class is designed along two dimensions case-study based analysis of China s relations with a particular actor, as well as a theoretical concept, which enhances the students understanding of foreign policy making in China. In this way the students are expected to both become familiar with Chinese foreign relations and enhance their conceptual understanding of the logics behind it. As the course is intended for graduate students, the participants are expected to already have certain background knowledge of Chinese history and political system, as well as sufficient understanding of the key concepts and developments in international relations. COURSE OBJECTIVES AND ASSESMENT This course is designed in an attempt to: Enhance the students understanding of contemporary Chinese foreign policy (hereinafter CFP) and its historical development through the study of China s relations with major countries and regions of the world, and also exploring the key issues in these relations. Provide students with structured knowledge of CFP and enable them to independently explain CFP decisions by presenting the key principles and factors shaping CFP. Build students analytical skills; facilitate their ability to formulate and clearly express arguments in writing and oral presentations. COURSE FORMAT The course consists of 10 weekly 3-hour meetings. The first two weeks are dedicated to general introduction to Chinese foreign policy. The core of the course analyses China s relations with selected countries and regions. Here each weekly meeting is divided into two by topic (e.g. week 6) or is conducted as a lecture followed by a seminar, arranged as a class discussion on a specific question. The course will be wrapped up in the final debate on the future of China s position in the global scene. As the course is designed for foreign students, selected reading materials are in English. During the lecture the Instructor will also introduce Japanese scholarship on the topics presented. The reading materials may be update during the course in case a newer valuable publication appears. COURSE REQUIREMENTS 1. Class participation. The students are expected to read the assigned materials beforehand, and be ready to participate in class discussions. Whenever possible, it will be arranged as a debate on a particular issue/question. The students are expected to be able back up their arguments referring to the weekly reading assignments or additional relevant literature, not only express their opinions. 2. Critical review of 2 books or journal articles to be submitted on week 7 (up to 3 pages). Upon a 1

2 consultation with the Instructor, the students should choose two books, academic journal articles or book chapters relevant to the course. The reviews should avoid summarizing the texts but compare theoretical approaches and research methods employed for the analysis and arguments presented. Students are encouraged to express their evaluation of the readings and compare them (some recommendations on how to write a critical review will be given in the beginning of the course). 3. Policy paper (7-8 pages), as a final assignment of the course, recommends a policy for China or a policy toward China for some other international actor (a government, multinational organization, etc.) in regards to a specific issue. The policy paper should present the status quo, overview feasible policies, and propose specific policy line, providing an explanation of a particular policy choice (some recommendations on how to write a critical review will be given in the beginning of the course). All written assignments should be written in Times New Roman 11pt font, 1.5 spacing with standard margins. FINAL GRADING The final course grades are to be calculated as follows: Class participation: 35% Book review: 25% Policy Paper: 40% WEEKLY CLASS SCHEDULE I. INTRODUCTION: HISTORTICAL OVERVIEW AND CHINESE FOREIGN POLICY MAKING Week 1. Introduction to the course. Historical background of CFP. Introduction to the course; course requirements. Historical overview of CFP. Identity in CFP, fundamental principles and goals of CFP: China s approach to peace and conflict, sovereignty and intervention, sensitive issues in CFP. The main domestic debates on foreign policy. 1. David Shambaugh and Ren Xiao The Conflicted Rising Power in Henry R. Nau and Deepa M. Ollapally (eds.) Worldviews of Aspiring Powers: Domestic Foreign Policy Debates in China, India, Iran, Japan, and Russia. New York: Oxford University Press. Chapter 2, pp Allen Carlson More Than Just Saying No: China s Evolving Approach to Sovereignty and Intervention Since Tiananmen, in Alastair I. Johnston, Robert S. Ross. New Directions in the Study of China s Foreign Policy, New York: Lexington Books, Ch. 8, pp Documents: 1. Carrying Forward the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence in the Promotion of Peace and Development, speech by Wen Jiabao Premier of the State Council of the People s Republic of China At Rally Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of The Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence. 2. MOFA China s Independent Foreign Policy of Peace August 18. Available from 1. John W Garver China s Decision for War with India in 1962, in Alastair I. Johnston and Robert S. Ross. New Directions in the Study of China s Foreign Policy, New York: Lexington Books, pp

3 Week 2. The process of CFP making: key sources and actors. Institutional design and the process of the CFP making: main actors and their interaction. Key factors defining CFP: personal, domestic, and international dimensions. International debates on China s rise and its global presence. Introduction to China-US relations. 1. Ning Lu The Central Leadership, Supraministry Coordinating Bodies, State Council Ministries, and Party Departments, in David M. Lampton, ed., The Making of Chinese Foreign and Security Policy in the Reform Era, Stanford: Stanford University Press, pp Michael D. Swaine, Chinese Decision-Making Regarding Taiwan, , in David M. Lampton, ed., The Making of Chinese Foreign and Security Policy in the Reform Era, Stanford: Stanford University Press, pp Zhao, Quansheng Interpreting Chinese Foreign Policy: the Micro-Macro Linkage Approach, Hong Kong; New York: Oxford University Press, pp Linda Jakobson and Dean Knox. New Foreign Policy Actors in China. SIPRI Policy Paper No.26, September Available at 1. Steven I. Levine Perception and Ideology in Chinese Foreign Policy, in Thomas W. Robinson, David L. Shambaugh. Chinese Foreign Policy: Theory and Practice, Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp Robert Ross From Lin Biao to Deng Xiaoping: Elite Instability and China s US Policy, in Chinese Security Policy: Structure, Power and Politics, New York, Routledge, pp Shiping Gouli Liou Leadership Transition and Chinese Foreign Policy Journal of Chinese Political Science 8 (1-2): Liqun Zhu The Domestic Sources of China s Foreign Policy and Diplomacy in Pauline Kerr, Stuart Harris, Qin Yaqing (eds.) China s New Diplomacy: Tactical or Fundamental Change, Ch. 5, pp Week 3. China and the US. Taiwan issue. Power transition and power diffusion. Development of China-US relations. The concept of multipolar world and the power transition theory. US military presence in Asia; Obama Administration s pivot to Asia. The main issues in China-US relations: Taiwan, economy-related issues; US arm sales to Taiwan. Taiwan Strait crisis. One country-two systems approach in CFP; Mainland and Taiwan s foreign policy. 1. Qingguo Jia Learning to Live with the Hegemon: evolution of China s policy toward the US since the end of the Cold War Journal of Contemporary China 14(44): David M. Lampton Economics and Human Rights, in Same Bed, Different Dreams: Managing U.S.-China Relations, Berkeley: University of California Press, Ch. 3, pp Robert S.Ross Navigating the Taiwan Strait: Deterrence, Escalation Dominance, and the US-China Relations, in Chinese Security: Structure, Power and Politics, London, New York: Routledge, Ch.7. pp (for more detailed historic account on the issue see Ch. 6, pp ). 4. Qimao Chen The Taiwan Straits Situation since Ma came to Office and Conditions for Cross-Straits Political Negotiations: A View from Shanghai, Journal of Contemporary China 20 (68): Documents: 1. Four-point guideline on cross-straits relations set forth by President Hu, March 05, Available from 3

4 2. Anti-Secession Law. Adopted at the Third Session of the Tenth National People s Congress on March 14, Available from (last accessed ). 1. Joseph Nye Global power shifts (video), TED Global, available from [last accessed February 6, 2014] 2. Zhiming Chen. The Logic and Strategies of Beijing s Policy towards Taiwan, in E. Kavalski, ed. Ashgate Research Companion on Chinese Foreign Policy. London: Ashgate, Ch. 24. Week 4. Living in the Present Past: Japan and the CFP. Domestic opinion in foreign policy making. Historic overview (1930s~; normalization of diplomatic relations). Japan s ODA to China. The role of history in China-Japan relations, Yasukuni Shrine visits and history textbooks; nationalism in CFP. Can deepening economic engagement erase historic-memory issues between the two countries? 1. Richard Bush The Perils of Proximity: China-Japan Security Relations. Washington, DC: Brookings, ch. 2-4, pp Richard Katz Mutual Assured Production: Why Trade Will Limit Conflict between China and Japan Foreign Affairs 92(4): Michel Yahuda The Limits of Economic Interdependence, in Alastair I. Johnston, Robert S. Ross. New Directions in the Study of China s Foreign Policy, New York: Lexington Books, Ch. 6, pp Yinan He History, Chinese Nationalism and the Emerging Sino Japanese Conflict, in Journal of Contemporary China 16 (50): Documents: 1. Joint Communique of the Government of Japan and the Government of the People s Republic of China, September 29, Available from 1. Caroline Rose The Textbook Issue: China s Response, in Interpreting History in Sino- Japanese Relations, London, New York: Routledge, Ch.6, pp Peter Gries China s New Thinking on Japan The China Quarterly 184: Yang Bojiang Redefining Sino-Japanese Relations after Koizumi, The Washington Quarterly 29 (4) Week 5. Security in East Asia: Korean Peninsula, marine territorial disputes. China s approach to sovereignty and international sanctions. Korean War ( ). Evolution of North Korea nuclear program and Six-Party Talks. China s role. China s approach to sovereignty: participation in PKO, voting in the UN. Marine territorial disputes in the East China Sea and the South China Sea. 1. David Shambaugh China and the Korean Peninsula: Playing for the Long Term The Washington Quarterly 26 (2): Bonnie S. Glaser China s Policy in the Wake of the Second DPRK Nuclear Test, China Security 5 (2): Bates Gill China s North Korea Policy: Assessing Interests and Influences Washington, DC: United States Institute of Peace, Special Report. Available from 4. Stefan Stahle China s Shifting Attitudes towards United Nations Peace-Keeping Operation. China Quarterly 195:

5 1. Huang, Chin-Hao China and Peacekeeping Operations, in in E. Kavalski (ed.) Ashgate Research Companion on Chinese Foreign Policy. London: Ashgate, Ch. 25. Week 6. From Soviet Union in the Cold World Era to Russia and Central Asia. China s relations with European countries: anything beyond economics? Historic overview. China-Russia relations; Xi Jinping s first overseas trip as a President of China. The Shanghai Five, Shanghai Cooperation Organization; Separatist movements in Western China. Chinese definition of terrorism. Energy Cooperation in the Region and China s resource diplomacy. China s relations with European countries. Arms embargo to China after Human rights issue in Chinese foreign policy, Beijing Olympics of Susan Turner Haynes China s Bilateral Interactions with Russia, in E. Kavalski, ed. Ashgate Research Companion on Chinese Foreign Policy. London: Ashgate, Ch Niklas Swantro China and Central Asia: a new Great Game or traditional vassal relations? Journal of Contemporary China 14(45): Martin I. Wayne Inside China s War on Terrorism Journal of Contemporary China 18(59): Nicola Casarini The Chinese Arms Embargo Affair in Remaking Global Order: The Evolution of Europe-China Relations and its Implications for East Asia and the United States. New York: Oxford University Press. Chapter 6, pp Sergei N.Goncharov and John W. Lewis and Xue Litai The Making of the Alliance, in Uncertain Partners: Stalin, Mao and the Korean War. Stanford: Stanford University Press, Ch.2, pp Kastner, S. L. and Saunders, P. C Is China a Status Quo or Revisionist State? Leadership Travel as an Empirical Indicator of Foreign Policy Priorities. International Studies Quarterly 56: Week 7. China s Relations with other Asian Countries. Points of tension. China s soft power. Relations with Myanmar, India, and ASEAN countries. Good Neighbor diplomacy, areas of regional cooperation. China as a responsible international/regional player vs assertive China. Military s role in CFP. China s soft power. 1. Michael R. Chambers China and Southeast Asia: Creating a Win-Win Neighborhood, in G. Lin, Garver, J., Hickey, D. and Chambers, M. China s Good Neighbor Diplomacy: A Wolf in Sheep s Clothing? Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Asia Special Report, No.126, pp Jing-dong Yuan Sino-Indian Relations: Peaceful Coexistence or Pending Rivalry, in E. Kavalski, ed. Ashgate Research Companion on Chinese Foreign Policy. London: Ashgate, Ch Hak Yin Li and Yongnian Zheng Re-interpreting China's Non-intervention Policy towards Myanmar: Leverage, Interest and Intervention, Journal of Contemporary China, Vol. 18, No. 61 (2009), pp Michael D.Swaine China s Assertive Behavior Part Three: The Role of the Military in Foreign Policy China Leadership Monitor Ming-Te Hung and Mei Hsien Lee China s Relations with Southeast Asia (ASEAN), 5

6 in E. Kavalski, ed. Ashgate Research Companion on Chinese Foreign Policy. London: Ashgate, Ch Ian Storey China s Bilateral Defense Diplomacy in Southeast Asia Asian Security 8(3): Jane Perlez U.S. and China Press for Influence in Myanmar New York Times, June Jane Perlez China Names New Team to Secure Its Place in Asia and Face U.S. Competition New York Times, March 16. Book review to be submitted Week 8. Latin America and Africa in CFP. China s relations with the Middle-East countries. State-business relations in China s foreign policy. What is the main force behind CFP in these regions? What implications does it have for China s relations with the Western countries and stability in the region? Beijing Consensus. China s development foreign policy. The framework of state-business relations in China s overseas investment projects. 1. Deborah Brautigam Introduction in The Dragon s Gift: The Real Story of China in Africa. Oxford University Press, USA. 2. Edward Friedman How Economic Superpower China Could Transform Africa. Journal of Chinese Political Science 14: Edward Wong and Chris Buckley China Dips a Toe Into Middle East Peace New York Times, May Willen van Kemenade China vs. the Western Campaign for Iran Sanction Washington Quarterly 33(3): Week 9. China s Participation in International Structures. China s membership in major international organizations. China s approach to the UN. Regional cooperation on non-traditional security issues. How does China s participation in international frameworks change/constrain its foreign policy? Is China a rule-taker or a rule-maker? (chose one international organization/cooperation framework and research on China s participation in it. Based on this, we will attempt to identify the general pattern in China s behavior in our class discussion). 1. Margaret M Pearson China in Geneva: Lessons from China s Early Years in the World Trade Organization, in Alastair I. Johnston, Robert S. Ross. New Directions in the Study of China s Foreign Policy, New York: Lexington Books, pp Elizabeth Economy The Impact of International Regimes on Chinese Foreign Policy- Making: Broadening Perspectives and Policies... But Only to a Point, in David M. Lampton, ed. The Making of Chinese Foreign and Security Policy in the Reform Era, Stanford: Stanford University Press, pp Ann Kent China and International Organizations: From Alienation to Integration, in Beyond Compliance China, International Organizations, and Global Security, Stanford: Stanford University Press. Week 10. Future directions of CFP and China s place in the world. Lecture and debate based on the week s readings and previous classes: Is China going to challenge the existing world order? 1. Ramesh Thakur and Gregory Chin Will China Change the Rules of Global Order Washington Quarterly 33(4):

7 2. Johnston, Alistair Iain Is China a Status Quo Power? International Security 27(4): Masayuki Masuda. China s Search for a New Foreign Policy Frontier: Concept and Practice of Harmonious World, in China s Shift: Global Strategy of the Rising Power. Tokyo: National Institute for Defense Studies, Ch.3, pp Policy paper to be submitted. 7