How are Foreign Policy Decisions Made in China?

dc.contributor.authorJakobson, Linda
dc.contributor.authorManuel, Ryan
dc.date.accessioned2018-11-29T22:57:05Z
dc.date.available2018-11-29T22:57:05Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.date.updated2018-11-29T08:15:32Z
dc.description.abstractThe growing number of actors involved in China's international activities has led to fractured authority in foreign policy decision-making. Actors vie for the attention of senior officials to promote their interests on any specific issue. As a result, decision making is often a slow process; there are multiple channels of information, and actors appeal to public opinion to support their claims. Since 2012, Xi Jinping has taken charge of all foreign policy related decision-making bodies in what appears to be an attempt to improve coordination of interest groups. A slight shift to a more personified foreign policy than during the Hu or Jiang eras has also taken place. In this paper, we describe how foreign policy decisions should be made in China according to formal rules; next, we take into account the reality of how the Chinese political system deals with China's evolving international role. We conclude by assessing the risks of fragmentation, on the one hand, and Xi's efforts to recentralise foreign policy, on the other hand.
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen_AU
dc.identifier.issn2050-2680
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/153735
dc.publisherWiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia
dc.sourceAsia & The Pacific Policy Studies
dc.titleHow are Foreign Policy Decisions Made in China?
dc.typeJournal article
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_AU
local.bibliographicCitation.issue1
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage110
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage101
local.contributor.affiliationJakobson, Linda, Lowy Institute for International Policy
local.contributor.affiliationManuel, Ryan, College of Asia and the Pacific, ANU
local.contributor.authoremailu4196174@anu.edu.au
local.contributor.authoruidManuel, Ryan, u4196174
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.identifier.absfor160607 - International Relations
local.identifier.absseo940301 - Defence and Security Policy
local.identifier.ariespublicationu5557297xPUB157
local.identifier.citationvolume3
local.identifier.doi10.1002/app5.121
local.identifier.thomsonID000372729700011
local.identifier.uidSubmittedByu5557297
local.type.statusPublished Version

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