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2014.
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| Summary/Abstract |
In the existing literature of Chinese foreign policy, China is often portrayed as a reluctant and suspicious participant in multilateral diplomacy, particularly in the domain of security multilateralism. As a staunch advocate of the Westphalia international system of nation-state and national sovereignty, China is more comfortable dealing with other nations bilaterally rather than multilaterally. By examining these new practices of multilateralism and related conceptual evolution in China's foreign policy in recent years, shifting from passive response to achieve participation and even initiation, multilateral diplomacy has increasingly become an integral part of Chinese foreign policy in general and regional diplomacy in particular. China no longer perceives security multilateralism as a taboo; rather, it has gradually recognized the legitimacy of the multilateral approach in resolving international and regional security issues, and it has actively explored new forms of multilateralism in security relations with other countries.
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