* List of Acronyms * Acknowledgments * Introduction: An Emerging Giant? * The Foreign Affairs Structure * An Overview of the Political Power Structure * The Foreign-Policy Decisionmaking Structure, * Decisionmaking Methodology * The Organization and Processes of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs * The Anatomy of a Bureaucracy: The MFA * Policy Initiation, Coordination, and Subversion * The History and Political Culture of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs * History of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Cadres Corps * The Political Culture * Main Actors: The Central Leadership * The Mao Era * The Deng Era * Conclusion * Main Actors: Institutions and Individuals * Foreign Affairs Institutions * Individual Bureaucrats and Researchers * Changing Dynamics in Foreign-Policy Decisionmaking * Foreign-Policy Decisionmaking in the Era of Mao * Foreign-Policy Decisionmaking in the Deng Era * Western Theories and Chinese Practices * The Classical School * The Institutional School * Theory and Practice: A Summary * Appendix I: Foreign-Policy Decisionmaking Structure * Appendix II: The Foreign Affairs Office of the State Council * Appendix III: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs * Appendix IV: The Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation (MOFTEC) * Appendix V: The Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office of the State Council (HMAO) * Appendix VI: The Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council (TAO) * Appendix VII: The Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council (OCAO) * Appendix VIII: Xinhua News Agency * Bibliography * About the Book and Author * Index