Chinese Power and the Idea of a Responsible State
Chinese Power and the Idea of a Responsible State
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中国力量与负责任国家理念
作者:
R. Foot
The interrelated themes of power and responsibility are useful concepts for understanding Chinese foreign policy during a troubled yet remarkable half a century of Communist Party rule. Evaluations of the behaviour of the People's Republic of China (PRC) over these five decades have often related directly to concerns about the use the PRC has made of its material and ideological resources. Has Beijing worked to support the dominant norms of the international order, or has it striven to overturn them? Has it ever deserved to be called a "responsible power", a term defined by the dominant states, or has it acted irresponsibly? To place these questions more explicitly within an international relations framework, has China shown itself since 1949, and more especially during the period of reform and opening since 1979, as capable of being socialized into supporting global norms? Or, as realists would predict, have there been signs that its rising power over the past two decades has generated new tensions in the international system? Looking more to the future, what kind of challenge does its enhanced capabilities pose to the status quo?'