Bates Gill

• Australian National University

No development in international politics is attracting as much attention as the emergence of China as a great power. But many questions and uncertainties attend China’s rise. What are the long-term goals of Chinese power? Does Beijing view the international system as fundamentally beneficial to its goals or as an impediment to them? Will China emer...

In many respects, we live in a tripolar world. The European Union, the United States and the People’s Republic of China rank first, second and third respectively in gross domestic product (GDP) in the world, and together account for nearly 54 per cent of global GDP.1 They are the three largest traders in the world and their total imports and export...

Apart from a short period in the 1980s, the People's Republic of China has been almost completely excluded from access to military and sensitive dual-use civilian-military technologies from the United States and its allies. But in an era of globalization and convergence in the civilian and military technological domains, this compartmentalization o...

China's Search for Security. Andrew J.Nathan and AndrewScobell. New York: Columbia University Press, 2012. xxiii + 406 pp. £22.95; $32.95. ISBN 978-0-231-14050-8 - Volume 214 - Bates Gill

For the near to medium term, the international community likely will confront the consequences of weaker global security governance in an increasingly insecure world.

Although China's Africa strategy has yielded an impressive slate of successes recently, a closer inspection suggests a fundamental underlying problem: it depends on an increasing number of bureaucratic principals and corporate agents whose contradictions are likely to increase.

China's recent antisatellite test, which the military conducted while leaving civilian authorities mostly in the dark, raises a disturbing question: Will Beijing's stovepiped bureaucracies prevent China from becoming a reliable global partner?

In current analysis and debate concerning China's rise, the subject of soft power is either missing or misapplied. Since the 1990s, China has achieved impressive gains both in terms of soft power resources and the ability to convert the resources into desired foreign-policy outcomes. Unlike the former Soviet Union, China appears to be more successf...

For centuries, China has proven difficult for Americans to understand. Today, however, China is becoming one of the most powerful countries in the world. As the 21st century unfurls, the stakes have never been higher for getting US policy toward China right.

China's Techno-Warriors: National Security and Strategic Competition from the Nuclear to the Information Age. By FeigenbaumEvan A.. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press, 2003. xviii, 339 pp. $55.00 (cloth). - Volume 63 Issue 1 - Bates Gill

The national security research community in Beijing is dominated by think tanks and other research institutes affiliated with specific governmental institutions. The People's Liberation Army (PLA) maintains its own set. of internal and affiliated research institutions, performing a variety of intelligence, exchange and research functions. The growt...

Foreign Affairs, March/April 2002 THE PRICE OF PROSPERITY "To get rich is glorious," the late Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping once exhorted his people. Defending this reformist vision, he added, "If you open the window for fresh air, you have to expect some flies to blow in." In the two decades of breakneck economic development since China's embrace o...

Professor Xia seeks to answer the question of whether or not China will become a 'responsible great power' in the twenty-first century by examining the domestic and foreign factors which will influence that outcome in the decades ahead. Some of the most interesting and useful insights of his work come as much from what the paper does not say as fro...

The concept of national sovereignty serves to sustain domestic authority against foreign incursions. For the Chinese leadership, defence of a 'thick' notion of sovereignty also serves its efforts to enhance its legitimacy, to deflect criticism of its domestic policies, and to resist outside involvement in the Taiwan issue. Yet from the initial open...

Global arms proliferation continues to be a key concern for the United States, particularly the export role of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Clearly, the PRC is a key player in the world's arms bazaar. Although China experienced a significant decline in its arms exports in the 199Os (down from the boom times of the 1980s), the PRC provides...

Drawing together the work of eight experts on the arms trade and Asia-Pacific security affairs, Arms, Transparency and Security in South-East Asia presents analysis and extensive data related to the arms trade and defence policy transparency mechanisms in South-East Asia. It also includes a de facto regional arms register for South-East Asia coveri...

In order to assess the current and likely future scope and nature of Sino-Iran arms trade, and how it affects these larger international and regional security concerns, several important questions should be addressed. 1. What are the broader strategic, political, and economic motivations which drive Chinese arms trade with Iran? Have these factors...

The author of the first essay, 'China and the Revolution in Military Affairs: Assessing Economic and Socio-cultural Factors,' argues that, for a variety of reasons, China cannot seize the Revolution in Military Affairs. For example, China is missing a generation of educated men and women due to the excesses of the cultural revolution. The author of...

Post-Cold War Security Issues in the Asia-Pacific Region. Edited by McInnesColin and RollsMark G. [Ilford, Essex: Frank Cass –7146–4574–5; paperback £15.00, ISBN 0-7146-4131-6.] - Volume 145 - Bates Gill

Studing Asia Pacific Security: The Future of Research, Training and Dialogue Activities. Edited by EvansPaul M. [Toronto: University of Toronto, 1994. 388 pp. ISBN 1–895296–15–3.] - Volume 142 - Bates Gill

This article assesses and presents the determinants and directions of Chinese acquisitions of weapons and weapons technology from abroad, focusing on major conventional weapons and their relevant technologies. Following a brief development of historical themes which continue to affect Chinese military‐related imports today, the study considers the...

The problem of nuclear proliferation in Asia is particularly challenging and is likely to become more so in the years ahead. On the demand side, some Asian states are turning to nuclear weapons in hopes of an ultimate secu- rity guarantee in the face of much stronger adversaries. On the supply side, a range of Asian state-to-state proliferation cha...

Let me begin by thanking the Chairman of the Commission and the Co-Chairmen for this hearing for inviting me to provide my views this morning. I commend the Commission for taking up issues related to China's domestic political, economic and social challenges. The China we will face in 10 years'time will be profoundly shaped-for better or for worse-...

The government's embarrassment was evident Sunday when it admitted that cases of SARS were many times higher than previously reported. At the same time, China's health minister and the mayor of Beijing were sacked. This was not the hoped-for auspicious beginning for the newly installed fourth generation of Chinese leadership and its widely touted g...

China's Worsening polluTion problem The magnitude of the pollution problem in China is alarming. While rapid economic development and urbanization in the past 27 years have lifted hundreds of millions of Chinese out of poverty, it has also created tremendous pressures on the envi-ronment. According to the newly released report, OECD Environmental P...