China's new dictatorship diplomacy : is Beijing parting with pariahs?/

KLEINE-AHLBRANDT Stephanie

China's new dictatorship diplomacy : is Beijing parting with pariahs?/ Stephanie Kleine-Ahlbrandt and Andrew Small - 2008

Burgeoning strategic and economic relationships with Europe and North America mean that China is adapting its international relations policy to demonstrate that it is a responsible rising power. Rogue states such as Burma, North Korea and Sudan can no longer count on unconditional support from China; however China still favours non-interventionist policies and is using its new economic power to win influence with governments of resource rich countries in Africa and Central Asia. The West should welcome such changes and take advantage of them where possible.


CHINA--FOREIGN POLICY