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Chinese Foreign Policy

The Maoist Era and its Aftermath

JOSEPH CAMILLERI

Martin Robertson• Oxford

© Joseph Camilleri, 1980

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First published in 1980 by Martin Robertson & Company Ltd.

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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data

Camilleri, J A

Chinese foreign policy since the Revolution.

I. China-Foreign relations- 1949-I. Title

327.51 DS777.55

ISBN 0-85520-330-7

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Description

ithin the space of twenty years, the foreign policy of the Chinese state has turned half circle, substituting the Soviet Union for the United States as its principal enemy and shifting its domestic economic priorities from national self-reliance to extensive dependence on western capital and technology.

The author interprets the nature and origins of these far-reaching changes in attitudes and polices and assesses their implications not only for China but for the world systems as a whole. He places recent developments I their historical context and emphasise the subtle but crucial interaction between domestic and external pressures.

Although the study is primarily concerned with the fluctuating triangular relationship between Peking, Moscow and Washington, it also explores the fascinating interaction between national perceptions and internationalist aspirations, particularly in relation to China's Third World diplomacy. In analysing the contemporary period, attention is given to the changing complexion of the Asian balance of power and its implications for China's relations with Japan and Southeast Asia.

The book is unique in its penetrating and persuasive analysis of the events of the last decade, and makes a major contribution to the study of foreign policy since the revolution. Dr. Camilleri presents his impressive scholarship with a clarity of expression that will make it fully accessible to a wide readership.