Rethinking Chinese Foreign Policy

Name: Rethinking Chinese Foreign Policy
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ISBN: 9789819553730

Security, Development, and Ideology

Hai Guo

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English

Palgrave Macmillan
23 March 2026

Asian history; International relations; International trade

Series: IPP Studies in the Frontiers of China’s Public Policy

This book offers a sweeping yet incisive account of how China has navigated world politics from the late Qing dynasty to the Xi Jinping era. Moving beyond single-factor explanations, the book reveals that China’s strategic choices have always been shaped by a dynamic interplay of three factors: security, development, and ideology. Through historical cases and contemporary analysis, it explains how the Chinese political leadership understood their interests, and reveals that ideological factors played a more decisive role in the making of Chinese foreign policy when China was economically and institutionally isolated from the international society, whereas deep engagement and economic interdependency reinforced diplomatic pragmatism. It concludes that China’s foreign policy under President Xi Jinping remains fundamentally anchored in security and development imperatives, and is therefore more pragmatic than widely assumed. This book will be of particular interest to scholars and students of international relations, Chinese politics, diplomatic history, and the evolving dynamics of great-power competition.

By: Hai Guo
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Country of Publication: Singapore
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 148mm,
ISBN: 9789819553730
ISBN 10: 9819553733
Series: IPP Studies in the Frontiers of China’s Public Policy
Pages: 204
Publication Date: 23 March 2026
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Guo Hai (PhD, University of Leeds) is Executive Dean of the Institute of Public Policy at South China University of Technology. His research focuses on East Asian geopolitics, with particular attention to US–China relations, Japanese foreign policy, and the historical evolution of Chinese foreign policy. His work has been published in leading peer-reviewed journals such as Critical Asian Studies and Asian Studies Review, and he is an active contributor to policy debates on China’s international relations and regional order in East Asia.