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Domestic Bureaucratic Politics and Chinese Foreign Policy

Lai, Hongyi; Kang, Su-Jeong

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Su-Jeong Kang



Abstract

One of the outstanding features of China's domestic politics is the prominence of the bureaucracy in the policy-making process. Arguably, bureaucracy is the next major player in the policy-making process in China after the top leaders. In this article, the three following aspects of the role of bureaucracy in the Chinese foreign policy-making process are examined: (1) the structure of the bureaucracy, especially the main agencies of the bureaucracy involved in foreign policy making; (2) the respective responsibilities of these agencies and their roles in the process; and (3) inter-agency coordination including the resolution of conflict among them. It observes that while the Ministry of Foreign Affairs plays a key role in the process, other ministries and bureaucratic agencies have significant and even growing input in an increasing number of functional areas, such as trade, finance, economy, climate change, soft power and military affairs. In addition, coordination among these agencies has become a key in the policy-making process. © 2013 Taylor & Francis.

Citation

Lai, H., & Kang, S.-J. (2014). Domestic Bureaucratic Politics and Chinese Foreign Policy. Journal of Contemporary China, 23(86), 294-313. https://doi.org/10.1080/10670564.2013.832531

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Jan 1, 2013
Online Publication Date Oct 4, 2013
Publication Date Feb 18, 2014
Deposit Date Jun 11, 2015
Publicly Available Date Jun 11, 2015
Journal Journal of Contemporary China
Print ISSN 1067-0564
Electronic ISSN 1469-9400
Publisher Routledge
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 23
Issue 86
Pages 294-313
DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/10670564.2013.832531
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/722524
Publisher URL http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10670564.2013.832531
Additional Information This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Contemporary China in 2014, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/10670564.2013.832531
Contract Date Jun 11, 2015

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