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Breslin, Shaun (2013) China and the South : objectives, actors and interactions. Development and Change, Volume 44 (Number 6). pp. 1273-1294. doi:10.1111/dech.12060
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dech.12060
Abstract
China has stepped up its engagement of developing countries through both bilateral interactions and the establishment of more formal multilateral fora. To achieve this, China's leaders have established a clear state policy designed to secure much needed resources and to establish an identity as a new and different type of ‘great power’. China has also become a proactive provider of development aid which, when combined with other forms of economic engagement, have raised concerns in the West that China is undermining the promotion of a liberal global order. But we need to take care in considering who, or what, is driving Chinese policy. The institutional weakness of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs means that commercial and financial agencies have dominated the agenda; major state owned enterprises and increasingly large numbers of small, often private enterprises are pursuing their own commercial agendas overseas, which are often not controlled by Beijing. The result is a patchwork of different types of relationships with developing countries, more often driven by the commercial concerns of economic actors than by a coherent diplomatic strategy.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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| Subjects: | J Political Science > JZ International relations | ||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Politics and International Studies | ||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | China -- Foreign relations -- Developing countries, Economic assistance -- China | ||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Development and Change | ||||
| Publisher: | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Inc | ||||
| ISSN: | 0012-155X | ||||
| Official Date: | November 2013 | ||||
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| Volume: | Volume 44 | ||||
| Number: | Number 6 | ||||
| Page Range: | pp. 1273-1294 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.1111/dech.12060 | ||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||
| Funder: | Seventh Framework Programme (European Commission) (FP7) | ||||
| Grant number: | 266809 (FP7) |
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