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Introduction to China’s Economic Statecraft: Rising Influences, Mixed Results

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China’s embrace of a comprehensive and aggressive economic statecraft as part of its grand strategy indicates a paradigm change in its foreign policy. This change has captured scholarly attention – a growing body of research on China’s economic statecraft has emerged in recent years. This special topic presents a fresh selection of four research essays examining China’s economic statecraft practiced in a wide range of countries and regions in the world, including Latin America, Africa, Europe, Canada, and New Zealand. Collectively, these essays explore two important questions: (1) How successful has China’s economic statecraft been? (2) How do domestic variables (e.g., domestic politics, political institutions, interests, and public opinion) of the target states (in which China practices economic statecraft) affect the outcome of the Chinese strategies?

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  1. Department of Political Science, James Madison University, 91 E. Grace St., MSC 7705, Harrisonburg, VA, 22807, USA

    Yi Edward Yang

  2. Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, 460 Pierce Street, Monterey, CA, 93940, USA

    Wei Liang

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Yang, Y.E., Liang, W. Introduction to China’s Economic Statecraft: Rising Influences, Mixed Results. J OF CHIN POLIT SCI 24, 381–385 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11366-019-09614-1

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