Chinese Foreign Relations with Weak Peripheral States - 9781138891500

Name: Chinese Foreign Relations with Weak Peripheral States - 9781138891500
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Chinese Foreign Relations with Weak Peripheral StatesAsymmetrical Economic Power and Insecurity\nAuthor(s): Jeffrey Reeves\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138891500, 978-1138891500\nSynopsis\nThis book examines Chinas relations with its weak peripheral states through the theoretical lens of structural power and structural violence. \n\nChinas foreign policy concepts toward its weak neighbouring states, such as the One Belt, One Road strategy, are premised on the assumption that economic exchange and a commitment to common development are the most effective means of ensuring stability on its borders. This book, however, argues that Chinas overreliance on economic exchange as the basis for its bilateral relations contains inherently self-defeating qualities that have contributed and can further contribute to instability and insecurity within Chinas periphery. Unequal economic exchange between China and its weak ne.