Distant neighbours : China and Europe

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Distant neighbours : China and Europe

Harish Kapur

(A Publication of the Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva)

Pinter Publishers, 1990

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-225) and index

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Description

This study covers forty years of China's relations with Western and Eastern Europe. Its approach is essentially historical: sucessive phases of the relationship have been analysed with a particular focus on the internal as well as external determinants that contributed to the movement of Chinese foreign policy from one phase to the other. The book is not based exclusively on official documents, since these are either scarce, or often hide or reveal very little of the intentions, motivations or even the policies of China, but draws also on information provided by the media, memoirs written by different personalities, and off-the-record interviews conducted with Chinese and European personalities who were directly or indirectly involved in Sino-European relations.

Table of Contents

  • "Leaning on one side", the early years
  • a window to the West 1952-1956
  • involvement in Eastern Europe
  • a new window to the West, the process of perceptual change
  • attempts at diplomatic breakthrough
  • turmoils of the cultural revolution
  • inauguration of a new policy
  • the transitional years 1976-1980
  • new directions in foreign policy
  • the great leap outwards. Epilogue: the Tiananmen events

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