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Comment: Economic determinants of Chinese foreign policy.

  • UPSC 1995
  • 20 marks
  • Contemporary Global Concerns

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Since Deng Xiaoping's reform and opening of December 1978, economic growth has been the first purpose of Chinese foreign policy and its main instrument. It is the source of the Communist Party's performance legitimacy at home and of China's leverage abroad. In 1995 the economy made Beijing seek a quiet external environment; by 2026 it…

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  • Economy as the goal: a peaceful environment for modernisation
  • Resource and route security
  • Economy as the instrument: geo-economics
  • Relevance for India
  • Limits of economic determinism
  • Conclusion
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