'Dr Liao has not only provided highly informative and stimulating discussions on the impact of think tanks on Chinese foreign policy towards Japan, but has also produced a useful conceptual framework in analysing China's transition in its politics and foreign policy formation. This book has filled an important hole in the field, and should be read widely by academics and practitioners alike' - Zhao Quansheng, American University, Washington DC The proliferation of think tanks and NGOs has been a recent trend in the Chinese socio-political landscape. Does this signal the growth of a civic and pluralistic society or are they just 'flower vases' for decorative purposes? How much a foreign-policy debate is possible between scholars and senior bureaucrats who are also senior officials in the Chinese Communist Party? The author examines the influence of these foreign policy think tanks and their role vis-a-vis China's Japan policy for two decades subsequent to the Open Door Policy since the late 1970s. She demonstrates, through empirical cases with memories and interviews, that there is a growing pluralistic trend in foreign policy decision-making in the post-Mao China. Liao Xuanli studied history in Peking University and international relations at the International University of Japan in Niigata, before earning her Ph.D. in International Relations from the University of Hong Kong in 2002. She is currently a lecturer in international relations and engine security at the University of Dundee, Scotland. Her research interests include Chinese foreign policy and its related apparatus and China's international energy strategy.

229 x 152mm

390pp

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Foreign Relations      Japan