China’s economic statecraft and the perceptions of its leaders
A neoclassical realist explanation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12691069 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Chih-Shian Liou (0000-0002-6150-4793, National Chengchi University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 89-105 |
| Publication date | 2025-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Japanese Journal of Political Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1468-1099 • E-ISSN: 1474-0060 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s1468109925000040 |
| OpenAlex | W4411007527 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 35 |
Since the initiation of its Belt and Road Initiative, China’s economic statecraft has drawn considerable attention in academic circles. Yet less attention has been given to why the Chinese leadership first chose to pursue its national interests through economic means in the post-Mao period. This underexplored part of China’s economic statecraft can serve as a useful starting point to understand China’s foreign economic policies on their own terms. Employing a neoclassical realist framework and surveying statements made by Chinese leaders throughout the reform era, this study argues that the country’s leaders have gradually modified the strategic importance of the country’s economic statecraft in response to changes in their perceptions of the world order. Meanwhile, China’s form of economic statecraft has largely been determined by reform of its state-owned enterprises in the domestic realm
China · Economic system · Economics · Epistemology · Perception · Political economy · Political science · Economic Sanctions and International Relations · International Development and Aid · International Relations and Foreign Policy · Law · Philosophy
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| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |