2nd Edition

China and the World since 1945 An International History

By Chi-kwan Mark Copyright 2025
172 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

172 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

172 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Now in its second edition, China and the World since 1945 offers an accessible introduction to China’s foreign policy and diplomatic history across a broad chronology. After the ‘century of humiliation’, China was in constant search of a new identity on the world stage, which significantly changed the way the nation defined itself and its role in the world. The book traces developments in... Read more

Introduction: history, ideology, and identity  1. The Chinese Civil War and European Cold War, 1945–9  2. The Sino-Soviet Alliance and the Korean War, 1950–3  3. Peaceful coexistence and assertive nationalism, 1954–7  4. Ideological radicalization and the Sino-Soviet split, 1958–64  5. The Vietnam War and Cultural Revolution diplomacy, 1965–8  6. Sino-Soviet Border War and Sino-American Rapprochement, 1969–72  7. Mao’s last diplomatic struggle and anti-hegemony, 1972–8  8. Post-Mao economic reform and independent foreign policy, 1979–89  9. Post-Cold War challenges and multilateral diplomacy, 1990s  10. The rise of China and globalization, 2000s  11. Xi Jinping’s China and the New Cold War  Conclusion

Biography

Chi-kwan Mark is Senior Lecturer in International History at Royal Holloway, University of London. He is the author of Hong Kong and the Cold War: Anglo-American Relations, 1949–1957 (2004), The Everyday Cold War: Britain and China, 19501972 (2017), and Decolonisation in the Age of Globalisation: Britain, China and Hong Kong, 197989 (2023).