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Harmonious World and China''s New Foreign Policy consists of essays by China specialists on the Chinese government''s characterization of foreign policy as a "harmonious world." The essays deal with such topics as "harmonious world" and China''s new diplomacy, China''s multilateral diplomacy after the Cold War, China''s changing image of and engagement with the world order, China''s energy security diplomacy, and China''s trade diplomacy. These insightful contributions will help students in this academic field understand the new concepts and programs adopted by the Chinese new leadership and their important implications for China''s new foreign policy behavior in the years to come.

State-Society Relations and Governance in China, a wide-ranging collection of essays written by scholars from both inside and outside China, explores the complexity of the changing state-society relationship and the modes and practices of governance in China by combining theoretical exploration and empirical case studies.

The concept 'peaceful development' has become the new thinking in Chinese foreign policy under the fourth-generation leadership. But what are the new dimensions of Chinese foreign policy and how do they impact China's foreign relations? This is the first edited volume that attempts to address this significant question, and its insightful contributions will enrich understanding of new dimensions of Chinese foreign policy and their implications for China's relations with the world.