From Keeping a Low Profile to Striving for Achievement

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ID12907355
AutoresXiang Yan (0000-0002-8309-6671, Institute of International Relations Prague, autor correspondente)
Ano2014
Volume7
Fascículo2
Páginas153-184
Data de publicação2014-04-22
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoThe Chinese Journal of International Politics (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1750-8916 • E-ISSN: 1750-8924
EditoraOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1093/cjip/pou027
OpenAlexW2125792626
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas156
Referências citadas3

Since 2012, some scholars, both Chinese and foreign, have argued that China's assertive foreign policy is doomed to fail. Nevertheless, after examining China's foreign relations in the last two years, this paper finds that China has experienced improved relations rather than deteriorating ones. In comparison with the strategy of keeping a low profile (KLP), the strategy of striving for achievement (SFA) shows more efficiency in shaping a favorable environment for China's national rejuvenation. The author applies the theory of moral realism to explaining the role of the SFA strategy and argues that morality can increase both international political strength and the political legitimacy of a rising power. The key difference between the KLP and the SFA is that the former focuses on economic gains and the latter seeks to strengthen political support. That is the reason that the SFA values the role of morality and the KLP does not. Due to these different goals, the SFA strategy differs from the KLP strategy in aspects of tenets, general layouts, working approaches, and methods. So far, the SFA has achieved progress beyond people's expectation from Xi Jinping in 2012. Xi's strong leadership may become a new case suitable for illustrating the theory of moral realism

China · Epistemology · Foreign policy · Legitimacy · Morality · Political science · Politics · Realism · Sociology · International Relations and Foreign Policy · Law · Philosophy