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The People's Republic of China at 40: Foreign Relations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 February 2009

Michael B. Yahuda
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In its 40th year the People's Republic of China has achieved a position in its foreign relations to which its leaders had long aspired. For the first time they can now claim to operate in a relatively peaceful international environment that is conducive to the attainment of their domestic goals of economic development.

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The China Quarterly , Volume 119 , September 1989 , pp. 519 - 539
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Copyright © The China Quarterly 1989

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