Xi Jinping’s ‘Chinese Dream’: China’s Renewed Foreign and Security Policy
Routledge Taylor & Francis
About the Book
The author analyses the influence of Xi’s ‘Chinese Dream’ on China’s foreign relations and security postures.
Xi Jinping’s rise has led to a paradigm shift in many aspects of China’s domestic and international politics. A key element of this has been the ideological vision shorthanded as the ‘Chinese Dream’, combining elements of nationalism, Confucian ideology, and economic expansionism. Singh evaluates the various changes in China’s nominally communist ideology in the post-Mao era, with an emphasis on the implications for China’s economic and security relations with other countries. He particularly focusses on China’s approach to South Asia and the Indian Ocean Region, key elements of China’s strategy.
An insightful guide to understanding the direction of China’s foreign and security policy, and especially its impact on India–China relations.
About the Author
Dr. Prashant Kumar Singh has researched Chinese and Taiwanese affairs at the East Asia Centre of the Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (MP-IDSA), New Delhi, for the last 13 years. He has extensively published on China, Taiwan and East Asia. He has received several prestigious fellowships and travel grants. He has travelled widely in East Asia, especially in China and Taiwan. He obtained his M.Phil. and Ph.D. in Chinese Studies at the Centre for East Asian Studies at the School of International Studies of Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
Contents
1. The Ideological Laboratory of Xi’s Chinese Dream
2. Convenience and Utility: The CPC and Its Trysts with China’s Culture
3. Xi Jinping’s ‘Chinese Dream’: A Confucian China
4. Mapping the ‘Chinese Dream’: Foreign Policy under Xi Jinping
5. Belt and Road Initiative: Continuity of China’s Foreign Economic Engagements 6. Xi Jinping’s ‘Chinese Dream’ and China’s Security
7. The ‘Chinese Dream’ in South Asia and the Indian Ocean Region 8. Xi Jinping’s ‘Confucian’ Dream: Implications for China and the World
