Weixing Hu
Biographic Data
| ID | 3628632 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Weixing Hu |
| GIVEN NAMES | Weixing |
| FAMILY NAME | Hu |
| SIGNATURE | HU W |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Hong Kong |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7243-9843 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 30 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 58 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 29 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
East Asia's Relations: Persistent Continuities and Changing Circumstances
This essay reviews persistent continuities and changing circumstances for international relations in East Asia. Although there are few things certain in life except death and tax, it seems reasonably clear that the center of global economy and security will increasingly shift to this region―or if you will, the larger Asia-Pacific or Indo-Pacific region. It is therefore vital that we seek to gain a better understanding of ongoing trends and incipi…
Rising states and the liberal world order: The case of China
Many international relations analysts see rising states as a source of threat to international peace and order. Yet they often fail to provide an explicit logic for their argument or to submit their claim to rigorous empirical verification. As a consequence, existing studies on this topic tend to be based more on rhetorical assertions than careful analyses. We argue that there is a need for greater conceptual clarity, transparent logic and system…
Sino–American Relations
This is an atypical essay that provides a prognosis of Sino–American relations in Donald Trump’s second presidential term. It is long on social science generalizations about broad patterns and central tendencies and short on specific forecasts. We focus on Trump’s personality, his policy style, and the broader international environment that shapes Sino–American relations. We argue Trumpism has profound impacts on US political culture and foreign …
Geography and International Conflict: Ukraine, Taiwan, Indo-Pacific, and Sino-American Relations
This book analyzes the influence of geography— defined broadly to refer to physical size, location, terrain, accessibility, insularity, climate, regions, neighborhoods, natural endowment, strategic pathways, maritime and continental orientations and even imagined communities— on international relations. Drawing on evidence and insights from cross- national research the book highlights geography’s enduring importance in and relevance to the ongoin…
Effect of information encounter on concerns over healthy eating– mediated through body comparison and moderated by body mass index or body satisfaction
Exposure, even if unintentional, to food and nutrition information is an important predictor of HEC. BC, BS, and BMI are important factors that help to explain the process through which information affects behaviors
Contesting Revisionism: China, the United States, and the Transformation of International Order
What motivates states to act the way they do? This book focuses on a particular kind of motivation inclining a state to challenge the existing norms, rules, and institutions of international order. Specifically, it addresses the concept of revisionism, which has loomed large in international relations narratives but has remained largely understudied until recently. The authors offer a critique of the existing discourse on revisionism and investig…
Rethinking Revisionism in World Politics
Revisionism is an important concept in international relations discourse, and it is especially prevalent in discussions about relations between China and the United States in the context of a possible power transition. Yet, this concept has until recently not received the systematic research attention that it deserves. We present in this essay different strategies that a revisionist state may pursue. It builds on recent scholarship by other colle…
Reacting to China’s rise throughout history: Balancing and accommodating in East Asia
Discerning states’ revisionist and status-quo orientations: Comparing China and the US
International Relations literature often refers to states’ motivations as revisionist or status-quo oriented. Such attributions are especially prevalent in discourse on the power-transition theory, suggesting that the danger of war rises when a revisionist China catches up to a status-quo US. Such attributions, however, are rarely supported by systematic evidence providing a direct comparison of Chinese and US conduct. We undertake an analysis of…
Reacting to China’s rise throughout history: Balancing and accommodating in East Asia
The rise of China and how other countries respond to China’s rising is widely studied. But little has been done on how other countries reacted to the rise of China throughout history and how China strategically interacted with them. The conventional wisdom holds East Asian international relations did not operate in the Westphalian way and China’s rising in history did not trigger regional balancing actions. In this article, we challenge that view…
Xi Jinping’s ‘Major Country Diplomacy’: The Role of Leadership in Foreign Policy Transformation
Chinese foreign policy and the conduct of China’s diplomacy have undergone tremendous transformation under Xi Jinping’s leadership since 2012. How can scholars explain the foreign policy transformation under Xi Jinping? As Chinese power rises fast, do the new power status and the changing balance of power lead to the foreign policy change, or does the more confident leadership play the ‘game changer’ role? The author argues that international str…
China’s ‘One Belt One Road’ Strategy: Opportunity or Challenge for India
This article examines One Belt One Road (OBOR) strategic implications for India. It is argued that the implications need to be considered within the framework of the future development of the China–India relationship. The relationship is largely constrained by and embedded in the security dilemma at the present time. Taking the opportunity offered by the OBOR initiative, China and India should explore building a ‘new model of major power relation…
Does regional international society exist in East Asia? A response to Yongjin Zhang
This is a reply to:Zhang, Yongjin. 2015. “Regional international society in East Asia? A critical investigation.” Global Discourse 5 (3): 360–373. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23269995.2015.1053190
Xi Jinping’s ‘Big Power Diplomacy’ and China’s Central National Security Commission (CNSC)
The current Chinese foreign and national security system suffers from problems of inefficiency, a lack of coordination and information sharing, and accountability of decision makers. China’s newly established Central National Security Commission (CNSC) is designed to build a strong platform to coordinate national security work and to strengthen unified leadership of national security at the central level. This article examines the CNSC’s foreign …
New Dynamics in Cross-Taiwan Strait Relations: How Far Can the Rapprochement Go?
Relations between mainland China and Taiwan have improved markedly in recent years, giving rise to the key question, How far can the current rapprochement go? This book focuses on how mainland China-Taiwan relations are likely to develop in future. It considers economic relations, including the many recent trade agreements, the political sphere, where there has been little progress, the impact of increasing personal, social contacts, and the role…
Politics of détente: Comparing Korea and Taiwan
Why have relations across the Taiwan Strait and the 38th parallel on the Korean Peninsula undergone different processes of détente and reversal? We apply the perspective of two-level games to understand the divergent experiences of these two cases of contested sovereignty and regime rivalry. In particular, we call attention to the alignment and misalignment of domestic and international of interests and influences in our analysis, and the dampeni…
Taiwan Strait détente and the changing role of the United States in cross-Strait relations
Détente in the Taiwan Strait has raised questions about the United States' role in future cross-Strait relations. On the one hand, Washington welcomes and encourages peaceful interactions across the Taiwan Strait. On the other hand, however, it is increasingly concerned about Beijing gaining more control of the dynamics and direction of future cross-Strait relations. As some US analysts suggest, if Taiwan drifts towards closer relations with Chin…
China's New Generation of Leaders and Regional Challenges in East Asia
A pair of Hong Kong and U.S. specialists on China examines the dynamic international environment China's new leadership now faces, focusing on East Asia. They first examine the complex balance the leadership seeks to strike between: (1) China's projection of increasing economic, military, and political power internationally; (2) the primary domestic goals of economic growth and stability; and (3) rising public awareness, demand for information ac…
Explaining Change and Stability in Cross-Strait Relations: A punctuated equilibrium model
Relations across the Taiwan Strait have experienced several cycles over the last 60 years. Tension and crisis seem to come and go, followed by periods of peace and stability. What explains the cyclical pattern of change and stability? How can we explain the sources of change and stability in the relationship? This article examines the last 60 years of cross-Strait relations in light of an interpretative framework of ‘punctuated equilibrium’. Cros…
Promoting Energy Partnership in Beijing and Washington
Although China and the United States do not rely on one another for energy supplies, the prospects for energy to become a cause for more serious clashes are high. Both countries should move beyond dialogue toward a true partnership that can confront the common challenges they face as importers. © 2007 by The Center for Strategic and International Studies and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cross-strait relations: Heading for collision
India’s nuclear bomb and future Sino-Indian relations
India going nuclear: A bomb against China
Teaching Political Science in East Asia: The Importance of Critical Thinking
China's Taiwan policy and East Asian security
1997). China's Taiwan policy and East Asian security. Journal of Contemporary Asia: Vol. 27, No. 3, pp. 374-391
Discerning states’ revisionist and status-quo orientations: Comparing China and the US
International Relations literature often refers to states’ motivations as revisionist or status-quo oriented. Such attributions are especially prevalent in discourse on the power-transition theory, suggesting that the danger of war rises when a revisionist China catches up to a status-quo US. Such attributions, however, are rarely supported by systematic evidence providing a direct comparison of Chinese and US conduct. We undertake an analysis of…
Xi Jinping’s ‘Major Country Diplomacy’: The Role of Leadership in Foreign Policy Transformation
Chinese foreign policy and the conduct of China’s diplomacy have undergone tremendous transformation under Xi Jinping’s leadership since 2012. How can scholars explain the foreign policy transformation under Xi Jinping? As Chinese power rises fast, do the new power status and the changing balance of power lead to the foreign policy change, or does the more confident leadership play the ‘game changer’ role? The author argues that international str…
China’s ‘One Belt One Road’ Strategy: Opportunity or Challenge for India
This article examines One Belt One Road (OBOR) strategic implications for India. It is argued that the implications need to be considered within the framework of the future development of the China–India relationship. The relationship is largely constrained by and embedded in the security dilemma at the present time. Taking the opportunity offered by the OBOR initiative, China and India should explore building a ‘new model of major power relation…
Xi Jinping’s ‘Big Power Diplomacy’ and China’s Central National Security Commission (CNSC)
The current Chinese foreign and national security system suffers from problems of inefficiency, a lack of coordination and information sharing, and accountability of decision makers. China’s newly established Central National Security Commission (CNSC) is designed to build a strong platform to coordinate national security work and to strengthen unified leadership of national security at the central level. This article examines the CNSC’s foreign …
China's security agenda after the cold war
The end of the cold war has changed China's basic perception of world politics and its conception of national security. In the cold war era, Chinese leaders tended to view national security from the perspective of global balance of power and China's strategic relations with the two superpowers. It was in Beijing's security interests to maintain a comfortable position in a strategic triangular relationship with the Soviet Union and the United Stat…
Rethinking Revisionism in World Politics
Revisionism is an important concept in international relations discourse, and it is especially prevalent in discussions about relations between China and the United States in the context of a possible power transition. Yet, this concept has until recently not received the systematic research attention that it deserves. We present in this essay different strategies that a revisionist state may pursue. It builds on recent scholarship by other colle…
China and Asian regionalism: Challenge and policy choice
Regionalism has become an interesting phenomenon in Asian international relations. Driven by fast growing trade and investment, Asian countries have developed variegated patterns of economic co‐operation and a complex level of interdependence among themselves. Although the growing Asian regionalism is very much an economics‐driven process, it has profound impacts on regional political organization. This analysis examines Beijing's changing attitu…
Promoting Energy Partnership in Beijing and Washington
Although China and the United States do not rely on one another for energy supplies, the prospects for energy to become a cause for more serious clashes are high. Both countries should move beyond dialogue toward a true partnership that can confront the common challenges they face as importers. © 2007 by The Center for Strategic and International Studies and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
China's New Generation of Leaders and Regional Challenges in East Asia
A pair of Hong Kong and U.S. specialists on China examines the dynamic international environment China's new leadership now faces, focusing on East Asia. They first examine the complex balance the leadership seeks to strike between: (1) China's projection of increasing economic, military, and political power internationally; (2) the primary domestic goals of economic growth and stability; and (3) rising public awareness, demand for information ac…
Explaining Change and Stability in Cross-Strait Relations: A punctuated equilibrium model
Relations across the Taiwan Strait have experienced several cycles over the last 60 years. Tension and crisis seem to come and go, followed by periods of peace and stability. What explains the cyclical pattern of change and stability? How can we explain the sources of change and stability in the relationship? This article examines the last 60 years of cross-Strait relations in light of an interpretative framework of ‘punctuated equilibrium’. Cros…
Rising states and the liberal world order: The case of China
Many international relations analysts see rising states as a source of threat to international peace and order. Yet they often fail to provide an explicit logic for their argument or to submit their claim to rigorous empirical verification. As a consequence, existing studies on this topic tend to be based more on rhetorical assertions than careful analyses. We argue that there is a need for greater conceptual clarity, transparent logic and system…
Reacting to China’s rise throughout history: Balancing and accommodating in East Asia
The rise of China and how other countries respond to China’s rising is widely studied. But little has been done on how other countries reacted to the rise of China throughout history and how China strategically interacted with them. The conventional wisdom holds East Asian international relations did not operate in the Westphalian way and China’s rising in history did not trigger regional balancing actions. In this article, we challenge that view…
Does regional international society exist in East Asia? A response to Yongjin Zhang
This is a reply to:Zhang, Yongjin. 2015. “Regional international society in East Asia? A critical investigation.” Global Discourse 5 (3): 360–373. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23269995.2015.1053190
Cross-strait relations: Heading for collision
India’s nuclear bomb and future Sino-Indian relations
China's Taiwan policy and East Asian security
1997). China's Taiwan policy and East Asian security. Journal of Contemporary Asia: Vol. 27, No. 3, pp. 374-391
China's Security Strategy in a Changing World
Beijing's new thinking on security strategy
Beijing is refocusing its foreign strategy in the Asian Pacific region. This article examines Beijing's new thinking on security strategy in the post‐Cold War Asian‐Pacific region. Drawing from the recent strategic debate in China, the author discusses three defining areas in the new security strategy: military strategy, defense development strategy, and foreign policy and security strategy. It is argued that thinking in security strategy has bec…
China's security agenda after the cold war
The end of the cold war has changed China's basic perception of world politics and its conception of national security. In the cold war era, Chinese leaders tended to view national security from the perspective of global balance of power and China's strategic relations with the two superpowers. It was in Beijing's security interests to maintain a comfortable position in a strategic triangular relationship with the Soviet Union and the United Stat…
China and Asian regionalism: Challenge and policy choice
Regionalism has become an interesting phenomenon in Asian international relations. Driven by fast growing trade and investment, Asian countries have developed variegated patterns of economic co‐operation and a complex level of interdependence among themselves. Although the growing Asian regionalism is very much an economics‐driven process, it has profound impacts on regional political organization. This analysis examines Beijing's changing attitu…
Strategic Views from the Second Tier: The Nuclear Weapons Policies of France, Britain, and China
Teaching Political Science in East Asia: The Importance of Critical Thinking
China's Taiwan policy and East Asian security
1997). China's Taiwan policy and East Asian security. Journal of Contemporary Asia: Vol. 27, No. 3, pp. 374-391
India going nuclear: A bomb against China
India’s nuclear bomb and future Sino-Indian relations
Cross-strait relations: Heading for collision
Promoting Energy Partnership in Beijing and Washington
Although China and the United States do not rely on one another for energy supplies, the prospects for energy to become a cause for more serious clashes are high. Both countries should move beyond dialogue toward a true partnership that can confront the common challenges they face as importers. © 2007 by The Center for Strategic and International Studies and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
China's New Generation of Leaders and Regional Challenges in East Asia
A pair of Hong Kong and U.S. specialists on China examines the dynamic international environment China's new leadership now faces, focusing on East Asia. They first examine the complex balance the leadership seeks to strike between: (1) China's projection of increasing economic, military, and political power internationally; (2) the primary domestic goals of economic growth and stability; and (3) rising public awareness, demand for information ac…
Explaining Change and Stability in Cross-Strait Relations: A punctuated equilibrium model
Relations across the Taiwan Strait have experienced several cycles over the last 60 years. Tension and crisis seem to come and go, followed by periods of peace and stability. What explains the cyclical pattern of change and stability? How can we explain the sources of change and stability in the relationship? This article examines the last 60 years of cross-Strait relations in light of an interpretative framework of ‘punctuated equilibrium’. Cros…
New Dynamics in Cross-Taiwan Strait Relations: How Far Can the Rapprochement Go?
Relations between mainland China and Taiwan have improved markedly in recent years, giving rise to the key question, How far can the current rapprochement go? This book focuses on how mainland China-Taiwan relations are likely to develop in future. It considers economic relations, including the many recent trade agreements, the political sphere, where there has been little progress, the impact of increasing personal, social contacts, and the role…
Politics of détente: Comparing Korea and Taiwan
Why have relations across the Taiwan Strait and the 38th parallel on the Korean Peninsula undergone different processes of détente and reversal? We apply the perspective of two-level games to understand the divergent experiences of these two cases of contested sovereignty and regime rivalry. In particular, we call attention to the alignment and misalignment of domestic and international of interests and influences in our analysis, and the dampeni…
Taiwan Strait détente and the changing role of the United States in cross-Strait relations
Détente in the Taiwan Strait has raised questions about the United States' role in future cross-Strait relations. On the one hand, Washington welcomes and encourages peaceful interactions across the Taiwan Strait. On the other hand, however, it is increasingly concerned about Beijing gaining more control of the dynamics and direction of future cross-Strait relations. As some US analysts suggest, if Taiwan drifts towards closer relations with Chin…
Does regional international society exist in East Asia? A response to Yongjin Zhang
This is a reply to:Zhang, Yongjin. 2015. “Regional international society in East Asia? A critical investigation.” Global Discourse 5 (3): 360–373. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23269995.2015.1053190
Xi Jinping’s ‘Big Power Diplomacy’ and China’s Central National Security Commission (CNSC)
The current Chinese foreign and national security system suffers from problems of inefficiency, a lack of coordination and information sharing, and accountability of decision makers. China’s newly established Central National Security Commission (CNSC) is designed to build a strong platform to coordinate national security work and to strengthen unified leadership of national security at the central level. This article examines the CNSC’s foreign …
China’s ‘One Belt One Road’ Strategy: Opportunity or Challenge for India
This article examines One Belt One Road (OBOR) strategic implications for India. It is argued that the implications need to be considered within the framework of the future development of the China–India relationship. The relationship is largely constrained by and embedded in the security dilemma at the present time. Taking the opportunity offered by the OBOR initiative, China and India should explore building a ‘new model of major power relation…
Reacting to China’s rise throughout history: Balancing and accommodating in East Asia
The rise of China and how other countries respond to China’s rising is widely studied. But little has been done on how other countries reacted to the rise of China throughout history and how China strategically interacted with them. The conventional wisdom holds East Asian international relations did not operate in the Westphalian way and China’s rising in history did not trigger regional balancing actions. In this article, we challenge that view…
Xi Jinping’s ‘Major Country Diplomacy’: The Role of Leadership in Foreign Policy Transformation
Chinese foreign policy and the conduct of China’s diplomacy have undergone tremendous transformation under Xi Jinping’s leadership since 2012. How can scholars explain the foreign policy transformation under Xi Jinping? As Chinese power rises fast, do the new power status and the changing balance of power lead to the foreign policy change, or does the more confident leadership play the ‘game changer’ role? The author argues that international str…
Reacting to China’s rise throughout history: Balancing and accommodating in East Asia
Discerning states’ revisionist and status-quo orientations: Comparing China and the US
International Relations literature often refers to states’ motivations as revisionist or status-quo oriented. Such attributions are especially prevalent in discourse on the power-transition theory, suggesting that the danger of war rises when a revisionist China catches up to a status-quo US. Such attributions, however, are rarely supported by systematic evidence providing a direct comparison of Chinese and US conduct. We undertake an analysis of…
Contesting Revisionism: China, the United States, and the Transformation of International Order
What motivates states to act the way they do? This book focuses on a particular kind of motivation inclining a state to challenge the existing norms, rules, and institutions of international order. Specifically, it addresses the concept of revisionism, which has loomed large in international relations narratives but has remained largely understudied until recently. The authors offer a critique of the existing discourse on revisionism and investig…
Rethinking Revisionism in World Politics
Revisionism is an important concept in international relations discourse, and it is especially prevalent in discussions about relations between China and the United States in the context of a possible power transition. Yet, this concept has until recently not received the systematic research attention that it deserves. We present in this essay different strategies that a revisionist state may pursue. It builds on recent scholarship by other colle…
Political science (28 works) · China (23 works) · Law (23 works) · Law (20 works) · International Relations and Foreign Policy (18 works) · Politics (17 works) · Economics (16 works) · Sociology (12 works) · Development economics (10 works) · Geography (10 works)