Minzu University in West China’s Chengdu City, Sichuan Province, during 2001–2005. After graduation, he worked in many jobs. Five years later, in 2010, he returned to the campus of East China’s Fudan University in Shanghai City. His major was Science of Diplomacy, which is actually similar to International Relations or International Politics. He graduated from Fudan University in 2013. Since his PhD application was rejected in 2013, he worked for 13 months. From 2014, he has been doing his PhD at the University of Macau. He successfully passed in all the four qualifying examinations from 2015 to 2017. This cost him a lot of time and energy. He finally earned the PhD candidacy. Currently, he is writing his PhD dissertation and waiting for the defense. Also, he wishes to write on a few topics and publish his work. His study interests are concentrated in the areas of IR theories, terrorism and East Asian Security. He has published an article — The Roots of Islamic Extremism in the ‘Af-Pak’ Region: the Role of System, South Asian Studies, vol. 109, No. 3 (September, 2014). The Journal of South Asian Studies is a part of CSSCI (Chinese Social Sciences Citation Index). [email protected]; [email protected]
Yunxiang Liang is Professor of International Relations at the School of International Studies, Peking University. His main research fields are international relations of Northeast Asia, Japan’s politics and diplomacy, Sino-Japanese relations and international law. Professor Liang received his BA in Japanese from Shanxi University and MA in International Politics from Peking University. He received his PhD in International Relations from Peking University. He studied Japan’s diplomacy at the Graduate School of Law, Waseda University, and taught at the College of International Relations, Nihon University, during the period 2003–2004. He also taught at the Faculty of Law, Niigata University, during 2010–2011. He has been active in academic exchanges with Japanese universities and institutes such as Waseda University, Nihon University, Seikei University, Dokkyo University, the University of Shimane and National Institute for Defense Studies. His academic achievements consist of academic books such as Japan’s Diplomacy and Sino-Japanese Relations, International Relations and International Law. He has also published many academic papers, and frequently comments on Japanese politics and foreign policy, Sino-Japanese relations and international relations in East Asia. [email protected]
Zhimin Lin received his BA from Fudan University, MPA from Princeton University and PhD in Political Science from the University of Washington. He taught at Valparaiso University from 1990 to 2014 and at the University of Macau from 2015 to summer of 2018. He is currently the Professor of Political Science at Valparaiso University. His publications and current research focus on several areas, including central–local relations and public participation in public policy in China, China’s foreign policy under Xi Jinping and China’s growing reach into Latin America and Africa. [email protected]
Contents
Chapter 1Periphery Diplomacy: Moving to the Center of China’s Foreign Policy
Jianwei Wang and Hoo Tiang Boon
Chapter 2China’s Changing Perspective of its Periphery Environment
Jianwei Wang
Chapter 3U.S.–China Competition in East Asia
Xin Jin
Chapter 4China’s New Security Concept and CBMs in East Asia
Dan Liu
Chapter 5Change and Continuity: China’s North Korea Policy in Transition
Ru Sun
Chapter 6An Analysis of China’s Diplomacy to Japan in the New Period
Yunxiang Liang
Chapter 7China’s Institutional Engagement with ASEAN: Space, Stakes and Strategies
Zhimin Lin
Chapter 8China–ASEAN Security Interactions and the South China Sea Issue
Penghong Cai
Chapter 9China’s Policy Toward Mekong River: Soft Power, National Image and Cultural Exchange
Qichao Wang
Chapter 10China–India Relations: Building a Strategic Partnership Amid Uncertainties
Gancheng Zhao
Chapter 11The Border Dispute in Sino-Indian Relations
Nazia Hussain
Chapter 12China’s Global Maritime Engagement and the Indian Ocean Region
Raghavendra Mishra
Chapter 13The Geo-strategic Landscape in Central Asia and China
Aidar Amrebayev
Chapter 14China’s Expanding Economic Interests in Central Asia
Alessandro Arduino
Chapter 15China’s Silk Road Economic Belt in Central Asia
Hongzhou Zhang
Chapter 16The Complexities in the Making of China’s Afghanistan Policy
Ambrish Dhaka