Suchergebnisse

Based on recent Chinese source materials, the author discusses Chinese views of the role of the USA as a global and Pacific power in historical, economic, security, and political dimensions. According to him, in the eyes of the PRC, the image of the USA as a world power and a regional player is in general a negative one. However, despite the negative image of the USA in China, the PRC leadership has a realistic understanding of the importance of the USA in world and regional affairs. (DÜI-Sen)

Aus chinesischer Sicht

Forward / Yamamoto Tadashi -- Readjusting to the China-Japan-U.S. relationship : a Chinese perspective / Wang Jisi -- The state of East Asia and the trilateral relationship / Morton I. Abramowitz -- Learning from five years of trialogue : common standards- stability, flexibility, and balance / Funabashi Yōichi -- Appendix I. Assessing the trilateral relationship : conference summary / Amy P. Celico -- Appendix II. Agenda -- Appendix III. Participants

As is the case with other social science disciplines and sub-disciplines, the field of international relations (IR) is beginning to assume a scholarly identity in China today. In some respects the field is building upon a foundation laid prior to the Cultural Revolution (when in 1964 then-Premier Zhou Enlai ordered the establishment of several IR research institutes and academic training programs), but in a very real sense it is only now being established for the first time. China's current opening to the world has provided additional stimulus to the development of the field as China's leaders and bureaucrats seek policy-oriented analyses of foreign nations. The field is expanding rapidly. This study will assess the current state of the field and will evaluate the potential for and impediments to developing the discipline.Defining the DisciplineVarious complex problems arise in trying to define the scope of the discipline of international relations in the Chinese context. Perhaps the biggest problem is that Chinese IR scholars and specialists have not themselves clearly delineated the parameters of their field. International relations therefore does not yet have a distinct identity as a discipline despite an increasingly strong institutional base of scholarship and analysis.

As is the case with other social science disciplines and sub-disciplines, the field of international relations (IR) is beginning to assume a scholarly identity in China today. In some respects the field is building upon a foundation laid prior to the Cultural Revolution (when in 1964 then-Premier Zhou Enlai ordered the establishment of several IR research institutes and academic training programs), but in a very real sense it is only now being established for the first time. China's current opening to the world has provided additional stimulus to the development of the field as China's leaders and bureaucrats seek policy-oriented analyses of foreign nations. The field is expanding rapidly. This study will assess the current state of the field and will evaluate the potential for and impediments to developing the discipline.Defining the DisciplineVarious complex problems arise in trying to define the scope of the discipline of international relations in the Chinese context. Perhaps the biggest problem is that Chinese IR scholars and specialists have not themselves clearly delineated the parameters of their field. International relations therefore does not yet have a distinct identity as a discipline despite an increasingly strong institutional base of scholarship and analysis.