Sebastian Heilmann Knihy

The book offers a comprehensive analysis of China's foreign political and economic relations, exploring its worldview and decision-making processes. Heilmann and Schmidt examine major bilateral relationships and critical policy issues, including trade, security, and climate change. They highlight how China's unconventional strategies in global expansion pose challenges to Western dominance. By addressing controversies and providing nuanced arguments, the authors reveal the complexity and fluidity of the institutions and policies shaping Chinese foreign relations, beyond typical international relations theories.

This balanced and thoughtful book presents a thorough analysis of the dynamics of China's foreign political and economic relations. Sebastian Heilmann and Dirk H. Schmidt consider China's view of the world; its foreign policy decision-making process; its major bilateral relations; and key policy issues such as trade and investment, security, human rights, and climate change. The authors also assess how China's often unconventional and hidden activities underlying its global expansion challenge Western predominance. By explicitly addressing controversies and conflicts and providing rich information and balanced arguments, Heilmann and Schmidt demonstrate that the institutions, procedures, and policies that are shaping Chinese foreign relations are far more complex and fluid than standard IR theory or media reporting suggest.

Welche Potenziale und Risiken werden die mittelfristige Entwicklung des politischen Systems pragen?Dieses Buch soll zu einem differenzierten Verstandnis der Voraussetzungen, Potenziale und Risiken der politischen Entwicklung in China beitragen.