Some Points on Understanding China's International Environment

October 23, 2002

Some Points on Understanding China's International Environment

First of all, in assessing China's understanding of its international environment, it is necessary to draw the distinction between the concepts of "international community" versus "international society.

Dr. Pang Zhongying is an Associate Professor and Director of the Globalization Studies Program at Tsinghua University's Institute of International Studies (Beijing, China) and is a Visiting Fellow at the Center for the Study of Globalization and Regionalisation at University of Warwick (UK).