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China's Strong Arm: Protecting Citizens and Assets Abroad (Adelphi series) 1st Edition

by Jonas Parello-Plesner (Author), Mathieu Duchâtel

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China has long adhered to a principle of ‘non-interference’ in other states’ affairs. However, as more of its companies have been investing in projects overseas, and millions of its nationals are travelling abroad, Beijing is finding itself progressively involved in other countries – through the need to protect these interests and citizens.

During the turmoil of the Arab Spring in 2011, China was compelled to evacuate more than 35,000 Chinese workers and expatriates from Libya, and later it led the hunt for the killers of 13 Chinese sailors in the Golden Triangle region of the Mekong River. In 2015, Beijing sent a combat battalion to join the UN peacekeeping mission in South Sudan, where it has huge oil ventures. Its plans to construct a New Silk Road will mean new commercial endeavours to protect in Pakistan.

The shift in Chinese foreign policy towards a more interventionist approach in protecting nationals abroad has not been the result of grand strategy, but an adjustment to unfolding events. The large risk appetite of state-owned Chinese business is inexorably drawing the Chinese state into security hotspots, and as China becomes a great power its people are openly calling on their government to protect compatriots caught in crises overseas, including via military means.

While much attention has focused on Beijing’s increasingly assertive behaviour in disputed Asian seas, this book highlights another equally important area of change, with potentially far-reaching consequences for international security.

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1138947261
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978-1138947269
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1st
Publication date

May 14, 2015
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6.14 x 0.37 x 9.21 inches
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Jonas Parello-Plesner is Executive Director of The Alliance of Democracies Foundation, a private foundation dedicated to strengthening cooperation among democracies world-wide, which hosts the annual Copenhagen Democracy Summit. The Foundation is founded and chaired by former NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen.

Jonas Parello-Plesner has a background as a Danish diplomat with a focus on China and Taiwan. He was most recently Head of Department for Foreign Policy at the Danish Embassy in Washington, D.C. 2013-2017.

He has also worked as a Senior China Fellow for international think tanks in Washington, Brussels and London. He writes for Danish (Berlingske and Altinget) and international media from Politico to Wall Street Journal.

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Important research!

Reviewed in the United States on February 17, 2018

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This book picks up on an important trend that go unnoticed by many. I am looking forward to follow his continued research on this topic. A must read for anyone interested in international affairs.
Well written in a clear style the book was easy to digest.

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Julian Douglass

Good survey on China's continued focus on being a more forceful Global Power

Reviewed in the United States on August 23, 2018

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This was a good survey of China's new and more forceful foreign policy, one that now includes protecting assets abroad. The first two chapters lay out the new Chinese Foreign Policy, while the final four are case studies on how China has grown. Very good survey that has only grown as China is becoming a major player on the world stage. Find time to read this, this is very detailed and in depth for 160 pages.

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An excellent analysis of China's evolving foreign policy

Reviewed in the United States on February 20, 2016

An excellent analysis of China's evolving foreign policy, and some important events that didn't always make it into the headlines of mainstream media. Very readable.

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It's a book....

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 8, 2015

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Quick delivery, quality product. Not much more to be said about a book!

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