China's Post-Cold War Economic Statecraft: A Periodization Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • This article focuses on one of the most fascinating features of contemporary Chinese foreign policy, namely the use of economics as a tool of national power. This article seeks to provide a foundational context for the study of China's economic statecraft. The first portion of this article builds upon existing work to frame the phenomenon of China's post-Cold War economic statecraft. I then offer a rough periodization of this post-Cold War era highlighting key events and strategic turning points for China. I distinguish three major periods: integration into the global economic system following the post-Tiananmen isolation (19891997), a decade of win-win diplomacy (19982008), and emerging great power economic statecraft (20082017). The piece concludes with a proposition that we may be witnessing the early stages of a fourth phase as well as some considerations for the future study of Chinese economic statecraft.

published proceedings

  • Journal of Current Chinese Affairs

altmetric score

  • 0.25

author list (cited authors)

  • Norris, W. J.

citation count

  • 5

complete list of authors

  • Norris, William J

publication date

  • December 2021