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China and Global Governance: Opportunistic Multilateralism
Author(s) -
Kastner Scott L.,
Pearson Margaret M.,
Rector Chad
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
global policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.602
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1758-5899
pISSN - 1758-5880
DOI - 10.1111/1758-5899.12772
Subject(s) - multilateralism , china , context (archaeology) , global governance , political science , status quo , power (physics) , corporate governance , political economy , mistake , development economics , international trade , economics , politics , geography , law , physics , archaeology , finance , quantum mechanics
US policy toward the People's Republic of China (PRC) has come under increasing attack in Washington, as a growing chorus of analysts paints the PRC has a revisionist power seeking to undercut existing multilateral institutions. We observe, however, that China's approach to multilateralism varies across different issue areas, and we argue and show that China's approach differs depending on the strategic landscape of any given context. We conclude that it is thus a mistake to view China through a single lens as either a ‘revisionist’ or a ‘status‐quo’ power.