CHINA'S FOREIGN POLICY MAKING: SOCIETAL FORCE AND CHINESE AMERICAN POLICY; ED. BY YUFAN HAO

"This book examines the increasing influence of various domestic factors such as bureaucracy, academics, media and public opinion over China's foreign policy making in particular, it focuses on China's policy towards the United States and whether there has been an emergence of societal factors, independent of the Communist Party, that have begun to exert influence over the policy process. Questions such as how will it affect the ability of the Chinese government to frame and implement its policy towards the US and has it generated institutional arrangements in China for cooperation on issues such as trade, human rights and Taiwan are explored. This book provides a better understanding of the role of societal forces in China's foreign policy making process."--BOOK JACKET.