This book analyzes China's transformative political power in today's world while simultaneously addressing global issues and the reformation of world institutions. China has become known as the world's first factory and trading power, but more knowledge on China's rise is necessary to understand the world of today and the future. The main question is where China's rise is headed and how this affects the increasingly connected world that faces problems that no state can effectively address on its own.
This book analyzes both sides of the coin, that is, the problems of a world scale and the change of the world political order. China is among the major actors for global issues such as mitigating climate warming, controlling weapons of mass destruction, combating economic inequality and underdevelopment, and improving health for all. In the current setting of the new world order, all countries and especially world powers develop a general blueprint for the future, as cultural and material conditions of the present world are very different from the past. Under such conditions, China faces a review of its bilateral and regional strategies, as well as its position and actions in world institutions that have the mission of forming policy responses to issues of a global scale.
This book, therefore, provides insight into China's view of world problems and the future world order. It is a must-read for everybody interested in a better understanding of China's role in today's world and the global power shift.
Author(s): Fulvio Attinà, Yi Feng
Series: Global Power Shift
Publisher: Springer
Year: 2023
Language: English
Pages: 216
City: Cham
Contents
China´s World Policy at the Time of the War in Ukraine
Part I: China on the World Stage
China´s Vision for a Future World Order and Its Implications for Global Governance
1 Authoritarian Communitarianism in China
1.1 Communitarianism and Confucianism
1.2 Authoritarian Communitarianism as a Political Ideology
2 Authoritarian Communitarianism and China´s World Vision
2.1 Chinese Scholarly Debate on World Vision
2.2 Official Narrative on Chinese World Vision
2.3 Implications for China´s Participation in Global Governance
3 Authoritarian Communitarianism and China´s Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic
4 Conclusion
References
A Chinese Century: A Stable or Unstable World?
1 Territory, Population and Power
2 Economic Performance
3 Environmental Challenges Impact Performance and Power
4 Power
5 Power Comparisons
6 Threats to Global Stability Involving China
7 Satisfaction Among Global Powers
8 Glimpse of the Future
References
Part II: China and World Policies
China´s and the Great GHG Emitters´ Response to the World Climate Policy
1 The World Climate Policy
1.1 Analysis of Climate Policy
1.2 The Lesson of Climate Multilateral Policymaking
2 China and the CO2 Great Emitters
2.1 Policy Convergence
2.2 National Ownership
2.3 Climate Finance and Technical Assistance
3 Climate Policy Leadership and the World Order
4 Conclusions
References
Major Powers, Middle Powers, and Multilateral Arms Control Negotiations: The Case of China
1 Cold War WMD Treaties
1.1 The Treaties
1.2 Leadership
1.3 The Case of China
2 Post-Cold War WMD Treaties
2.1 The Treaties
2.2 Leadership
2.3 The Case of China
3 Treaties on Conventional Weapons
3.1 The Treaties
3.2 Leadership
3.3 The Case of China
4 Conclusion
References
China and International Development: Narratives and Strategic Priorities
1 The Chinese Narrative About Development Cooperation
2 South-South Development Cooperation
3 The Multilateral Institutional Framework Established by China with Regard to International Development Cooperation
4 Conclusion: The Strategic Priorities About China´s Development Cooperation
References
Health Problems, World Institutions, and China´s Approach to Pandemic Outbreaks
1 Why a World Policy for Emerging Infectious Diseases, and Why Do We Need China on Board?
2 Global Health-Security Policy Through Time
3 International Institutions and China´s Health-Security Policy
4 COVID-19
5 Conclusions
References
Part III: China´s Links with Asia and Europe
Chinese Linkage and Leverage Under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in Asia
1 Theory of Chinese Linkage and Leverage
1.1 Chinese Linkage Under BRI
1.2 Chinese Leverage Under BRI
1.3 Chinese Leverage Measure
1.4 Low Chinese Leverage Size of the Economy
1.5 Oil Production
1.6 Medium Chinese Leverage
1.7 Medium-Sized Economy
1.8 Secondary Oil Producer
1.9 Competing Security Issues
1.10 The Beneficiary of Western Assistance
2 Understanding Chinese Linkage Under BRI in Asia
2.1 Economic Linkage Under BRI
2.2 Social Linkage Under BRI
3 Cultural Linkage Under BRI
4 Communication Linkage Under BRI
4.1 Intergovernmental Linkage Under BRI
5 Conclusion
References
COVID-19, American Influence, and Economic Relations: An Empirical Analysis of China´s Image in the European Union
1 Determinants of China´s Image in the EU
1.1 External shock
1.2 Economic Ties: Trade, Contracted Projects, and FDI
2 Research Design and Data
3 Statistical Analysis
4 Conclusions
References
China and European Strategic Autonomy
1 Introduction
2 European Strategic Autonomy: From Transatlantic Perspective to Global Perspective
3 European Strategy and China-EU Relations
3.1 Strategic Autonomy and Opportunities for China-EU Relations
3.2 Strategic Autonomy and Challenges for China-EU Relations
4 China´s Strategic New Thinking towards Europe
5 Concluding Remarks
References
Prospects of European-Chinese Contest for Influence in the Western Balkans: The Case of Serbia
1 Contemporary Development of Serbian-Chinese Relations
2 Serbia as an Aspiring EU Member and a Theater of European-Chinese Contest
3 Explanation of Chinese Policies in the Balkans: Toward a Conceptual Framework
4 Conclusion: Whither Great Power Competition in the Balkans?
References
Conclusions: Lessons Learned for the Future of World Politics
