Zhou Enlai and the Foundations of Chinese Foreign Policy

Download or read book Zhou Enlai and the Foundations of Chinese Foreign Policy written by Kuo-Kang Shao and published by Palgrave Macmillan. This book was released on 1996-12-18 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Zhou Enlai and the Foundations of Chinese Foreign Policy offers a comprehensive survey of China's foreign relations from 1949-76, while focusing on the significant role which Zhou Enlai played. Through in depth analysis, the book explores the formation of Zhou Enlai's world view and his conduct of Chinese diplomacy throughout all the critical periods of the People's Republic of China. This study makes it possible to understand some of the most important and persistent factors aside from political ideology that have shaped China's foreign policy decisions and will be very useful to students of international relations and Chinese foreign policy.