CHINA’S NEW DIPLOMACY

CHINA’S ROLE IN INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS: AN INTERVIEW WITH PROF. ZHIQUN ZHU

Kourosh Ziabari

Foreign Policy Journal, May 31, 2012

Today, most international relations analysts and experts consider China as the world’s second political and economic power after the United States. China came second in the International Monetary Fund’s 2011 ranking of countries by GDP (nominal) and is one of the main producers of agricultural products and industrial commodities and the world’s number one exporter. China is also the United States’ first trading partner, and at the same time, it’s major economic and political competitor.

The politics of China are thoroughly complicated. National interests define the limits of China’s foreign policy while some traces of opposition to the Western world in general, and the United States in particular, can always be found in China’s attitude toward international affairs.

In order to learn more about the intricacies of China’s predominantly growing economy, its foreign policy, and its relations with the United States and the Middle Eastern nations, I’ve interviewed Zhiqun Zhu, assistant professor of international relations at the Bucknell University, who specializes in Chinese politics and foreign policy and East Asian international relations.

Prof. Zhu is the author of “U.S.-China Relations in the 21^st Century” and “China’s New Diplomacy.”

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