The Foreign Relations of China

General	Relations with the U.S.S.R./Russia	Relations with the United States
Relations with Japan & Korea	Relations with the Indian Sub-continent	Relations with Other Countries

General
Calculating China's Advances in the South China Sea: Identifying the Triggers of "Expansionism"	Lieutenant Michael Studeman's analysis in The Naval War College Review (Spring 1998)
China: The Third World's Superpower	Commentary by Enzio Von Pfeil (China Brief, Mar. 19, 2004)
China Doesn't Want to Be 'Mr. No'	Summary/Review of a 1998 book in the China's Problems series (Jinri Zhongguo Chubanshe)
China Rocks the Geopolitical Boat with Iran Oil Deals	Kavah L. Afrasiabi on the geopolitical implications of China's investment in Iran's energy sector (Japan Focus, Dec. 2004)
China's Asia Policy: Implications for Japan & India	A paper by Mohan Malik (June 1999)
Chinas Contributions to Nuclear Disarmament	Statements & information supplied by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
China's New Diplomacy	Evan S. Medeiros and M. Taylor Fravel on China's recent embracing of "regional and global institutions it once shunned " (Foreign Affairs, Nov./Dec. 2003)
China's Reach: Growing Influence in Asia	A New York Times multimedia presentation with "Jane Perlez examin[ing] China's rising power in the Asia-Pacific region": trade, culture, etc. (Dec. 2004; Flash format)
China’s Regional Relations and Its Impact on the World Order	Presentation by Serge Berthier, Chairman, Asian Affairs, Hong Kong SAR (World Economic Forum China Business Summit 2003 report; PDF format)
China's South China Sea	People's Daily stories related to China's assertion of sovereignty over over the Nansha Islands and the adjacent sea areas, disputing the Philippines' claim over Huangyan Island
Chinese Embassy in Washington DC	Political & economic news, foreign policy & relations, visa information
Chinese Foreign Policy Net	"An online resource for current information on Chinese foreign policy, such as arms control, security & defense policy, economic & trade policy, relations with the United States, Japan, Taiwan & other countries in Southeast Asia," maintained by M. Taylor Fravel of Stanford University
Chinese Mission in Geneva	Press releases & statements from the PRC's permanent mission to the UN & other international organizations in Geneva
Constructing a History of Chinese Communist Foreign Relations	Essay by Michael H. Hunt (Cold War International History Project Bulletin 6/7, Winter 1995)
Communiques	From the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Deng Xiaoping and the Cold War	From Cold War International History Project Bulletin 10 (March 1998; PDF format)
Disarmament and Arms Control	Position papers, speeches & documents, & spokespersons' remarks from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Foreign Policy In Focus: China in Focus	Publications on China & related topics produced by the Foreign Policy In Focus (FPIF) Program
The Future of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization	Sean L. Yom's essay in Harvard Asia Quarterly (Autumn 2002)
The Great Reverse	YaleGlobal series on "the projected Asian-leaning shift in the global balance of power" Part 1: Clyde Prestowitz on "developments that facilitated the rise, fall, and rise, once again, of the East's global influence" (Sept. 2, 2004) Part 2: Marvin Ott on Southeast Asia & the U.S. having to adjust to China's rise (Sept. 6, 2004) Part 3: Anna Greenspan on how burgeoning ties between China & India may alter the global economic balance (Sept. 8, 2004)
The Impact of 9/11 on Chinese Regional Security Cooperation	Commentary by James P. Muldoon, Jr. (China Brief, June 10, 2004)
Int'l and Regional Issues	Documents from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, & links to international organizations
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, PRC	(Multilingual) Latest news; the ministry; policies & activities; press & media services; coutnries & regions; international issues; resources
New York Consulate of China	Education section with information for Chinese students; Press section with general information on China, government white papers, newspapers & magazines, news releases, & press conferences on key topics; visa information
No Longer the "Lone" Superpower: Coming to Terms with China	Chalmers Johnson's commentary on the reemergence of China as a modern superpower & implications for the U.S. & Japan (JPRI Working Paper No. 105; Mar. 2005)
NPR: China and Its Neighbors Part 1: Japan Part 2: Vietnam Part 3: India Part 4: South Korea	NPR correspondent Rob Gifford's report on All Things Considered "series on how China is viewed by its neighbors" (Feb. 2004; RealAudio format)
Treaties and Law	From the Ministry of Foreign Affairs: China's work on treaty & law; bilateral treaties & agreements; multilateral agreements

Relations with the U.S.S.R./Russia
The CIA and Double Demonology: Calling the Sino-Soviet Split	Harold P. Ford on CIA officers' judgments of developing Sino-Soviet rift up to 1963 & impact on American policymakers (Studies in Intelligence, Winter 1998-1999)
Laughing Dragon, Dancing Bear	Ray McGovern on the new China/Russia alliance (Counterpunch, Dec. 18/19, 2004)
Maos Conversations with the Soviet Ambassador, 1953-55	CWIHP Working Paper No. 36, by Paul Wingrove
New Evidence on Sino-Soviet Relations	Links to documents published in Cold War International History Project Bulletin: 6-7, "Cold War in Asia"; 8-9, "Cold War in the Third World & the Collapse of Detente"; 10, "Leadership Transition in a Fractured Bloc"; 11, "Cold War Flashpoints"
“One Fingers Worth of Historical Events”: New Russian and Chinese Evidence on the Sino-Soviet Alliance and Split, 1948-1959	CWIHP Working Paper No. 30, by David Wolff
Sino-Russian Strategic Partnership: A Threat to American Interests	Special report published by the Woodrow Wilson Center's Asia Program (Sept. 2001)
Stalin, the Cold War, and the Division of China: A Multi-Archival Mystery	CWIHP Working Paper No. 12, by Brian Murray
Stalin's Conversations With Chinese Leaders	From Cold War International History Project Bulletin 6-7, "Cold War in Asia" (PDF format)
Why Russia and China Have Not Formed an Anti-American Alliance	Richard Weitz's essay in Naval War College Revew (Autumn 2003; PDF version)

Relations with Japan & Korea
10th Anniversary of China-ROK Diplomatic Ties	From China Internet Information Center: high-level exchanges; people-to-people contacts; commentary; background; photo gallery
China and Japan Jockey for Share of Russian Gas	James Brooke of the New York Times on the growing competition between China & Japan for energy sources" (Nov. 2004)
China Hits All-Time Low on Japan Pop Charts	J Sean Curtin's commentary on worsening relations between China & Japan on the eve of the 60th anniversary of the ending of World War II (Asia Times, Dec. 25, 2004)
China's 'S&M' Journal Goes Too Far on Korea	John J Tkacik, Jr.'s commentary on China's North Korea policies (Asia Times, Sept. 2, 2004)
The Diaoyutai-Senkaku Islands Dispute Reawakened	Commentary by Joseph Ferguson (China Brief, Feb. 4, 2004)
Hu goes to the Hermit Kingdom	Jing-dong Yuan on China-North Korean Relations on the occasion of President Hu Jintao's 2005 state visit to North Korea (Asia Times, Oct. 27, 2005)
Internet Fans Flames of Chinese Nationalism	Paul Mooney on the political implications of virulent nationalism among China's Internet-savvy youth translating into anti-Japan demonstrations in 2005 (YaleGlobal, Apr. 4, 2005)
Q&A: China and Japan's Troubled Ties	BBC News on the series of high-level rows between China & Japan over Japanese textbooks, maritime borders & other issues (Apr. 14, 2005)
Uneasy Allies: Fifty Years of China-North Korea Relations	Woodrow Wilson Center Asia Special Report by Chen Jian, Samuel S. Kim, & Hazel Smith (September 2003; PDF format)
US-Japan-China Comparative Policy Research Institute	"a think tank focusing on comparative social, economical, political, & technological policy issues concerning the US-Japan-China axis": book review, projects, & publications
The U.S.-Japan-China Triangle: Who's the Odd Man Out?	Woodrow Wilson Center Asia Special Report by Ezra Vogel, Gilbert Rozman, & Ming Wan (July 2003; PDF format)

Relations with the Indian Sub-continent
Across the Himalayan Gap - An Indian Quest for Understanding China	Volume of essays dited by Tan Chung: Indian Leaders' Speeches in Chinese Universities; Indian Savants' Observations on China; Perspectives; Culture and Art; Socio-Political Changes and Economic Development; History and Literature; Diplomats' Reminiscences; Better Understanding (Gyan Publishing House, 1998).
China and India: Can the Dragon and the Elephant Be Friends?	Andreas Lorenz & Padma Rao on the geopolitical implications of the growing closeness of China & India (Der Spiegel, April 18, 2005)
China-India Entente Shifts Global Balance	Clyde Prestowitz on how historic agreements between China & India following Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao's 2005 visit to India may spell "the end of 600 years of Western dominance" (YaleGlobal, April 15, 2005)
Guiding hand in India, China Ties	Ehsan Ahrari's commentary on China & India as natural competitors (Asia Times, June 15, 2005)
The India-China Divide	A paper by Mohan Malik (June 1999)
India's Foreign Policy Towards China: The NDA Experience	Raviprasad Narayanan on the China policy of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) led by by the Bharatiya Janata Party since 1998 (Harvard Asia Quarterly, Fall 2003)
New East-bloc Documents on the Sino-Indian Conflict, 1959 & 1962	Documents published in Cold War International History Project Bulletin 8-9, "Cold War in the Third World & the Collapse of Detente"
The New Indian Factor in China's Proliferation Policy	Commentary by Ashok Kapur (China Brief, Mar. 19, 2004)
A New Phase of China-India Relations	An AsiaTODAY special report (July 30, 2003): commentary/analysis; news; historical background of China-India relations; remarks & speeches; related documents & agreements
Passage to China	Amartya Sen on the "intellectual links between China and India, stretching over two thousand years, [with] far-reaching effects on the history of both countries" (The New York Review of Books, Dec. 2, 2004)

Relations with Other Countries
China Adds Its Might to ASEAN	Alan Boyd's commentary on China's landmark accord with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations to create an East Asian free trade zone (Asia Times, Dec. 1, 2004)
China Brief: Special Issue on China and Eurasia	Examination of "critical aspects of China's relations with Russia, the U.S. and the Central Asian states" (May 13, 2004)
China and Europe: The Emerging Axis	David Shambaugh on the growing EU-China relationship & its significance on the global order (Current History, Sept. 2004; PDF format)
China Shows its Sensitivity to SE Asia	Ronald N Montaperto's review of China-Southeast Asia relations from January to March, 2005 (Asia Times, Apr. 27, 2005)
China's African Safari	Paul Mooney on China buying energy & commodities & trying to win hearts & minds in its African diplomacy (YaleGlobal, Jan. 3, 2005)
Great Britain-China Centre	"The leading organisation for the promotion of non-governmental, academic, professional & cultural relations between Britain and China": organisation; information services; exchange programme
Premier Wen Visits Four Asian Countries	Xinhuanet.com's special report on Wen Jiabao's 2005 visit to Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka & India: news; backgrounders; photos
President Hu Visits Three Asian Nations, Attends 2005 Asia-Africa Summit	Xinhuanet.com's special report on Hu Jintao's state visits to Brunei, Indonesia and the Philippines, & attendance at the 2005 Asian-AfricanSummit on occasion of the golden jubilee of Bandung Conference: news; backgrounders; photos
A Prisoner's Dilemma: The EU's China Arms Embargo	Richard A. Bitzinger on political & economic consequences if EU's arms embargo is ended (China Brief, June 24, 2004)
Q&A: China Arms Embargo Row	From BBC News: controversy of Euopean Union considering lifting of its arms embargo against China, imposed since 1989 (Mar. 8, 2005)
A Thorny Road to Sino-Kazakh Partnership	Marat Yermukanov on prospects of further cooperation between Kazakhstan and China (China Brief, July 8, 2004)
Two Suns in One Sky: Papal Influence & the CCP	Kevin C. Scott on prospects for normalization of relations between the Vatican & China (China Brief, July 8, 2004)
A Warming Friendship: Part II of a Two Part Series on China, Taiwan, and Latin America	Analysis of China's growing ties with Latin America by Cynthia Watson (China Brief, June 10, 2004)

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