Author : Julia Bader
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135105308
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (351 download)
Book Synopsis China's Foreign Relations and the Survival of Autocracies by : Julia Bader
Download or read book China's Foreign Relations and the Survival of Autocracies written by Julia Bader and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-10-30 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Chinese government has frequently been criticized for propping up anti-democratic governments. This book investigates the rise of China as an emerging authoritarian power. By comparing China’s bilateral relations to three Asian developing countries – Burma, Cambodia and Mongolia – it examines how China targets specific groups of actors in autocracies versus non-autocracies. It illustrates how the Chinese non-interference policy translates into support for incumbent leaders in autocratic countries and how the Chinese government has thereby profited from exploiting secretive decision making in autocracies to realize its own external interests such as achieving access to natural resources. In a statistical analysis of the patterns of Chinese external cooperation and their impact on the survival of autocratic leaders, the book finds some evidence that China is more likely to target autocracies with economic cooperation. However, only some forms of bilateral interaction are found to increase the prospect of survival for autocratic leaders. This important contribution to the understanding of both external factors of authoritarian endurance and China’s foreign relations, a field of study still lacking systematic investigation, will be of great interest to students and researchers in Development Studies, Asian Studies, International Relations, and International Political Economy.