The Assertive China Narrative
Why It Is Wrong and How So Many Still Bought into It
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12907403 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Björn Jerdén (0000-0002-9689-0188, Swedish Institute of International Affairs, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 47-88 |
| Publication date | 2014-02-24 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Chinese Journal of International Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1750-8916 • E-ISSN: 1750-8924 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/cjip/pot019 |
| OpenAlex | W2112281648 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 40 |
| References cited | 16 |
Dissenting assaults on the conventional wisdom that China's foreign policy became more 'assertive' in 2009-2010 have intensified. In this article I develop this revisionist critique in three ways. First, to make the most valid and cumulative assessment of the accuracy of the 'assertive China narrative' to date, I conceptualise its key empirical claim as a case of the general phenomenon of 'foreign policy change'. Second, based on this framework, I present a range of new empirical evidence that, taken as a whole, strongly challenges the notion of a new Chinese assertiveness. Third, since academic China and Asia experts played a pivotal role in creating the narrative, I raise a comprehensive explanation of why a great many scholars so strikingly went along with the flawed idea
Art · Assertiveness · China · Dissenting opinion · Economics · Empirical research · Epistemology · Literature · Narrative · Political science · Positive economics · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance · International Development and Aid · International Relations and Foreign Policy · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 40 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 3,33 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2025 (12) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 40 |