Introduction : dynamics of Chinese foreign policy : leaders matter
Mao Zedong's revolutionary diplomacy : keeping the wolves from the door
Deng Xiaoping's developmental diplomacy : biding for China's time
Xi Jinping's big power Diplomacy : showing China's sword
Power of the past over the present : the imperial glory versus the century of humiliation
Defining China's national interests : state versus popular nationalism
The party-state hierarchy : paramount leaders versus institutions
Searching for China's place in the sun : international distribution of power
From revolutionary state to revisionist stakeholder : the world order and globalization
Conclusion : the mandate from heaven? : China's quest and peril.
