The Spirit of Chinese Foreign Policy: A Psychocultural View

ISBN-13: 9781349111589 / Angielski / Miękka / 1990 / 231 str.

Chih-Yu Shih

Opis

This psychological interpretation of Chinese diplomatic history considers both the universal psychocultural processes and the uniqueness of China as a nation. It also attempts to establish some interaction between social science and Sinology, and examines behaviour by Chinese statesmen.

Spis treści

Perspectives on Chinese foreign policy behaviour; self, culture, and drama of foreign policy - a cybernetic metaphor; Chinese psychoculture and foreign policy motivation; face diplomacy - leaders and norms in foreign policy making; the changing national self-images in Chinese diplomatic history; the national self-images actualized - organization in Chinese diplomacy; the national self-images demonstrated - force in Chinese diplomacy.