Publication Type

Journal Article

Version

publishedVersion

Publication Date

8-2012

Abstract

This essay examines how China’s “harmonious world” foreign policy has unintentionally created opportunities for citizens to challenge elite discussions of foreign policy. Although they are relative outsiders, the essay argues that citizen intellectuals are a growing influence as a source of ideas about China’s future—and the world’s.

Keywords

China, foreign policy, strategy, public intellectual, civil society

Discipline

Asian Studies | International Relations | Political Science

Areas of Excellence

Digital transformation

Publication

Asian Survey

Volume

52

Issue

4

First Page

617

Last Page

642

ISSN

0004-4687

Identifier

10.1525/as.2012.52.4.617

Publisher

University of California Press

Additional URL

https://doi.org/10.1525/as.2012.52.4.617

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