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Acknowledgements
Acronyms and Abbreviations
PART ONE Introduction—Concepts, Framework and Research Design
1 Introduction: Framing the Puzzle, China and Turkey in Comparative Perspective
2 The Insufficiency of Structural Variables to Explain ChinaTurkey Relations
PART TWO Political Relations: The Uyghur Issue—Deep-Seated Political Antipathies?
3 The Early Turkish Republic’s Strategic Interests and China’s Scepticism
4 Intersecting Strategic Interests: China’s Uyghur Issue
5 Converging Policy Paradigms and Kinship Politics
PART THREE Economic Engagements: Exploring a Bilateral Economic Harmony
6 The Evolution of China-Turkey Economic Relations
7 Reassessing Economic Interdependence through FDIs and Financial Strategies
PART FOUR Military Relations
8 A Well-Designed Strategic Cooperation?
9 From Bidding to Bargaining: The T-LORAMIDS Decision at the Negotiating Table
PART FIVE Conclusion—Rethinking China-Turkey Relations
10 Conclusion
Index
Biography
Xiaoli Guo is a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of East Asian Studies (IN-EAST) at the University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany. She holds a PhD in international relations and a Master of Asia-Pacific studies from the Australian National University (ANU) and is also affiliated with ANU’s School of Politics and International Relations (SPIR). She has previously been a visiting scholar at the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences (SASS). Her research focuses on China’s foreign policy and its evolving roles in global politics.
