China’s Interaction Oriented Foreign Policy and World Order

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Mohammad Reza Rostami ¹ , Hossein Dehshiar ²

1 - دکترای روابط بین الملل دانشگاه علامه طباطبایی.
2 - استادیار و عضو هیأت علمی گروه روابط بین الملل دانشگاه علامه طباطبایی

Received: 2010-11-25 Accepted : 2011-12-25 Published : 2011-12-01

Keywords: Foreign Policy, China, Interaction, West, World order,

Abstract :

In the three past decades the interaction oriented foreign policy of China have been able to provide the ground of cooperation with the West. It also has helped the survival of Chinese Communist Party and the improvement of China’s international position. One of the essential ambiguities which exist is about China’s future intentions and its attitude towards the international norms and rules, particularly that China is a strong power, it is having remarkable economic growth and increasing role in international affairs. Some observers believe that China’s flexible foreign policy is merely a tactic for preventing the reaction of the neighbours and the rivals to the process of China’s development. They believe as soon as the development plan yield fruits China will take up a confrontationist and destabilizing attitude towards the liberal-democratic order. The present article contrary to the above view argues that the proper and positive functioning of liberal rules in promoting China’s position will lead to stabilization of those rules and this country will have a stake in safeguarding those rules.