Growing Diplomacy, Retreating Diplomats - How the Chinese Foreign Ministry has been Marginalized in Foreign Policymaking

Bibliographic Data

ID5801951
AuthorsJing Sun (0000-0003-0850-322X, University of Denver, corresponding author)
Year2016
Volume26
Issue105
Pages419-433
Publication date2016-11-07
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Contemporary China (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1067-0564 • E-ISSN: 1469-9400
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/10670564.2016.1245895
OpenAlexW2556459876
LanguageEN
Citations received10

This article examines the shrinking influence of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) in China's foreign policymaking, at a time when the country's diplomatic needs are rapidly growing. By utilizing the theory of domestic sources of international relations, this article argues that the MFA has been under stress from all directions: sidestepped by Party leaders from the top, challenged by competing ministries horizontally, and mocked by the public from below. The article also assesses the consequences a marginalized MFA has brought to Chinese diplomacy

China · Christian ministry · Diplomacy · Economics · Foreign policy · Foreign relations · International relations · International trade · Ministry of Foreign Affairs · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Public Diplomacy · Resizing · Sociology · Economic Zones and Regional Development · International Development and Aid · International Relations and Foreign Policy · Law · Public Administration

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