| ID | 131993 |
| Title Proper | Assertive China narrative |
| Other Title Information | why it is wrong and how so many still bought into it |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Jerden, Bjorn |
| Publication | 2014. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Dissenting assaults on the conventional wisdom that China's foreign policy became more 'assertive' in 2009-2010 have intensified. In this article I develop this revisionist critique in three ways. First, to make the most valid and cumulative assessment of the accuracy of the 'assertive China narrative' to date, I conceptualise its key empirical claim as a case of the general phenomenon of 'foreign policy change'. Second, based on this framework, I present a range of new empirical evidence that, taken as a whole, strongly challenges the notion of a new Chinese assertiveness. Third, since academic China and Asia experts played a pivotal role in creating the narrative, I raise a comprehensive explanation of why a great many scholars so strikingly went along with the flawed idea. |
| `In' analytical Note | Chinese Journal of International Politics Vol.7, No.1; Spring 2014: p.47-88 |
| Journal Source | Chinese Journal of International Politics Vol.7, No.1; Spring 2014: p.47-88 |
| Key Words | China ; Chinese Narratives ; Foreign Policy ; General Phenomenon ; Political Agenda ; Conventional Wisdom ; Cumulative Assessment ; Chinese Assertiveness ; Pivotal Role ; Empirical Framework ; Political Accuracy ; Politics ; Chinese Foreign Policy ; Revisionist Critique ; Comprehensive Explanation |