"This book will make a significant contribution to the study of Chinese foreign policy-making. It will advance our knowledge."--Lucian Pyee, MIT

"This book has combined the past, the process, the politics, and the prospects into one volume with a clarity of style and strength of conceptualization that makes this valuable for any course, graduate or undergraduate....The author's scholarship is virtually impeccable."--Allen Whiting, University of Arizona "I don't think there is anything quite like it, and it fulfills a real need."--Peter Moddy, University of Notre Dame "The book covers the waterfront as regards literature on approaches to International Relations. It offers a more comprehensive approach to the question of how Chinese foreign policy is generated than has been previously attempted.--Lynn T. White, Princeton University "I think the book lays out a potentially very challenging approach to the study of Chinese foreign policy."--Kenneth Lieberthal, University of Michigan

"An excellent comprehensive survey of China's foreign relations....Especially welcome is a long section dealing with China's changing processes in formulating foreign policy."--China Journal

"There are numerous ways, and there have been many attempts, to interpret Chinese foreign policy. Professor Quansheng Zhao's book represents one of the most successful attempts in recent times."--China Review International