Topic of the paper
The topic of the paper is the cold war and China's foreign policy-making. This policy is significant in that it enlightens on the way China relates with foreign countries. This policy also enlightens how China expresses its values, cultural, political and economic strengths and weaknesses. The main objective of this policy is preserving sovereignty, dependence, favorable international reputation and territorial integrity of China. It as well emphasizes on reforms, upholding world peace and propelling economic development.
How china's foreign policy has determined China's relation with her Asian neighbors?
China has made tremendous efforts to remove tension in different parts of Asia, especially on her neighbors who have stabilized in the last two decades of the 20th century. A good example is how the Korean Peninsula has since stabilized. China has also solved maritime disputes with her neighbors with Vietnam and Russia (Fenby, 2019)
Journals supportive to the topic
Segal, G. (2018). The China factor: Peking and the superpowers. Routledge.
The author of this article, Segal, considers China as having taken up the third position in terms of power during the regime of the cold war. He also brings out that China's influence is gaining ground every day in terms of economic and political aspects. China was a hard believer in the policy of negotiation and non-interference on issues that did not affect her as a nation but could only interfere to bring the hostile countries together. For this reason, in 1949, China mediated a secret negotiation between the Soviet Union and the United States. China facilitated the process despite its failure as a result of the cold war and a range of internal political reasons.
The Cold War and Chinese Foreign Policy YAFENG XIA, JUL 16 2008, 31308 VIEWS
https://www.e-ir.info/2008/07/16/the-cold-war-and-china/
This article illustrates a wide arrange of aspects relating to China's foreign policy. When the cold war immediately started, China seemed to lean towards the Soviet Union. Eventually, some developments made China embark on working on its internal policy of self-reliance. This was mainly triggered by the Sino-Soviet alliance coming to an end. During the rest of the cold war period, China's main focus was on initiating good relations with the third world countries. With time, China also started building ties with both the United States and Russia as well.
It can be said that China's foreign policy has been good as it has stabilized neighboring countries that were in conflict through facilitating negotiations. It made China uphold world peace by not supporting any power during the cold war, it made China cultivate friendly relations with the USA and her neighbors and that it made China assertive in the new world economic order.
Paper road map
The primary sources that I have used in this research are the journals. I will use them in my research paper in the form of an annotated bibliography, and briefly describe how these journals relate to my topic of discussion. These topics are variable for me to understand them due to various reasons;
· These journals are of high credibility, as they contain high factual backup.
· They provide clarity as they seem not to offer an opinion but sound arguments on the topic of discussion.
· They are providing evidence of their claims because they are referencing their information sources which assist me to access their truthfulness.
· They have focused precisely on my research topic which in the case is the cold war and the impacts of China's foreign policy.
· They have broadened the perspective as the authors of the articles are providing information which they have highly researched and analyzed.
References
Fenby, J. (2019). The Penguin History of Modern China: The Fall and Rise of a Great Power 1850 to the present (3rd ed.). Popular History, Retrieved 20 May 2019.
Segal, G. (2018). The China factor: Peking and the superpowers. Routledge.
The Cold War and Chinese Foreign Policy YAFENG XIA, JUL 16 2008, 31308 VIEWS
https://www.e-ir.info/2008/07/16/the-cold-war-and-china/
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