China’s Foreign Policy Under Xi Jinping

Abstract

Often political leadership transition brings change in direction or continuity in foreign policy and this is no exception in the context of China. With President Xi Jinping in office Chinese diplomacy is becoming more assertive and proactive than in the past. This is leading to a gradual shift in the policy of Deng Xiaoping’s dictum of keeping low profile. The operative term here is more of renovation and change. While the language of Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence continues there are discernible shifts visible.