China in World Affairs: The Foreign Policy of the PRC Since 1970

This up-to-date textbook reviews China's foreign policy goals since the PRC's active reemergence in world affairs following the Cultural Revolution of 1966-1969. Drawing on original sources and firsthand experience as well as on a broad academic background Dr. Choudhury examines China's global policy diplomatic options and strategy in the context of the triangular relationship of Washington Moscow and Beijing. His discussion-offering numerous unexpected insights-covers China's quest for security the breakthrough in China-U.S. relations the course of Sino-Soviet rivalry (particularly in the Asia-Pacific region) the PRC's role in the United Nations since 1971 how China has championed Third World countries and the new dynamic elements in post-Mao Chinese foreign policy. The book is current through the summer of 1981.