Date of Award
5-1992
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
Political Science
First Advisor
Dr. John W. Outland
Second Advisor
Dr. Sheila Carapico
Abstract
China has in recent years embarked on a fresh policy of close cooperation with her former antagonists, the Western countries, not only in economic areas, but also on social, military and political issues. Does this mean that China has given up her highly publicized third world position? Or did China ever genuinely belong with the third world in the past? These questions are explored in the thesis through careful analyses of the origins of China's foreign policies as well as comparative observations of their applications to different countries at different stages. Rather than isolating individual variables, as some writers do, in measuring their impact on the outcome of China's policy, this study takes a contextual approach, combining normative analysis with empirical observation, and blending historical and contemporary perspectives. It concludes that China's differentiation of international political forces should not suggest that China was identifying herself permanently with any one of them, but rather was simply adopting a dialectical approach toward world politics.
Recommended Citation
XU, Guojun, "Chinese Foreign Policy in Changing Perspective--A Case Study of the Three World Doctrine" (1992). Master's Theses. 1255.
https://scholarship.richmond.edu/masters-theses/1255