Chinese Foreign Policy
MIT OpenCourseWare offers this lecture course on the international relations of the People's Republic of China. Coverage runs from China's Cold War diplomacy through contemporary security, economic, and diplomatic issues, tracing foreign policy goals and their implementation since 1949. Lectures examine sources of conflict and cooperation in Chinese behavior, weighing competing explanations for major events and policies drawn from political science, history, and international relations theory. Materials include the syllabus, lecture topics, and readings, following MIT's standard OpenCourseWare format of free downloadable course materials without instructor interaction or a certificate. The course suits students wanting a structured grounding in how China's foreign relations have developed and how scholars disagree about the reasons behind key decisions since the founding of the People's Republic.