Xiangshan Forum – China’s Quest for Stability : Images and Realities

• Main Author: Suryanarayana, Pisupati Sadasiva
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Commentary
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Social sciences::Political science; Country and Region Studies; East Asia and Asia Pacific
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/136637
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

In pursuing proactive defence diplomacy, China has resorted to political messaging and pragmatic signalling. However, China can enhance this exercise by addressing some external security concerns about the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).