ChinaIndia Relations in the Contemporary World
As two Asian giants and rising powers, the interactions between India and China have global significance. This book analyzes the multifaceted and multilayered character of SinoIndian relations since the beginning of the twenty-first century in a period marked by cooperation and competition.
Positioned in a social constructivist framework that emphasizes mutual perceptions and socialization, the book draws analytical leverage from two core concepts national identity and national interest to form the basis of the research inquiry. The author argues that the dynamics of national identity and national interest play an important role in determining their relations and shows how and why in the current international structure, including a context of accelerated globalization, their national identities as rising power and emerging power coupled with national interest of economic development have defined and directed their international positions and foreign policy making.
A unique approach to analyzing SinoIndian relations, this book is of interest to academics in the fields of Asian Politics and International Relations.
Lu Yang is a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of International Relations at Tsinghua University, China. Her research mainly focuses on South Asia and China, working on IndiaChina relations, regional cooperation and subnational movements in South Asia.
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ChinaIndia Relations in the Contemporary World
Dynamics of national interest and identity
Lu Yang
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Names: Lu, Yang (Postdoctoral fellow), author.
Title: China-India relations in the contemporary world : dynamics of
national identity and interest / Yang Lu.
Description: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2016. |
Series: Routledge advances in South Asian studies ; 30 | Includes
bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016009830 | ISBN 9781138120204 (hardback) |
ISBN 9781315651835 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: ChinaForeign relationsIndia. | IndiaForeign
relationsChina. | ChinaForeign relations21st century. |
IndiaForeign relations21st century.
Classification: LCC DS740.5.I5 L827 2016 | DDC 327.51054dc23
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Contents
This book is based on my dissertation. It would not have been possible without the support and help of a number of individuals and organizations. First of all, my deepest gratitude goes to Professor Subrata K. Mitra, my dissertation supervisor at Heidelberg University in Germany, who accompanied the project from the very beginning. He witnessed my growth from a student who was interested in India to a researcher who is now working on South Asia and continues to give me advice and encouragement. I am also deeply grateful to my second supervisor, Professor Frank R. Pfetsch, also of Heidelberg University, for his intellectual support over the years, and to Professor Sebastian Harnisch for reading the manuscript and giving his critical comments. At Heidelberg University, grateful thanks also go to the South Asia Institute, which provided the academic environment for my intellectual growth, and to the staff members there, such as Dr. Eleonore Schmitt, the director of the library of the South Asia Institute, and Dr. Martin Gieselmann, the executive secretary for institutional support, and to my colleagues in the department who created a vibrant and family-like atmosphere for intellectual inspirations.
In India, I am especially indebted to Professor Srikanth Kondapalli, Centre for East Asian Studies, School of International Studies of the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), who provided me with invaluable support to conduct elite interviews in New Delhi and served as my advisor during my stay there as a visiting scholar in 2013. Here I cannot hope to include all the scholars in India who provided very helpful intellectual exchanges for the project, but the following are among those who cannot be ignored: Professor Swaran Singh, Professor Alka Acharya, Professor B. R. Deepak and Professor Varun Sahni of JNU; Namrata Goswami and Jagannath P. Panda at the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses and C. Raja Mohan at the Observer Research Foundations.
In China, scholars who I owe great gratitude are Liu Jian at the Chinese Academy of Social Science and Liu Xuecheng at the Chinese Institute of International Studies. They also accompanied the project from its very beginning and gave me critical comments as well as emotional support.
