Book description this updated and expanded fourth edition of chinese foreign policy seeks to examine the decision makers processes and rationales behind chinas expanding international relations as well as offering an in depth look at chinas modern global relations among the key issues explored in this edition are the further expansion of chinese foreign policy from regional asia . This textbook is an introduction to the study of contemporary chinese foreign policy examining the patterns of engagement with various domestic and international actors that have shaped beijings. Chinese foreign policy in a rapidly changing world an introduction the decade from 2008 to 2018 is a significant period in contempo rary chinese history and politics it was during this critical decade that china emerged as a major economic diplomatic and military power in the world chinas rise is fundamentally shaping the 21st. This updated and expanded fourth edition of chinese foreign policy seeks to examine the decision makers processes and rationales behind chinas expanding international relations as well as offering an in depth look at chinas modern global relations among the key issues explored in this edition are the further expansion of chinese foreign policy from regional asia pacific to