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Communist China's Foreign Policy: The Recent Phase*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 February 2009

A. M. Halpern
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If one were to choose a single adjective to apply to the pattern of Communist China's foreign relations since the Moscow declaration of 1960, “reactive” would be as nearly accurate a choice as any other. China's circumstances during 1961 and 1962 provide ample reasons for a reactive posture. The crisis in the economy, though not exactly measurable, has been evident. The course of internal politics has been less clear. The dominant trend has been a controlled retreat from the organisational methods of the Great Leap Forward. In the course of this manoeuvre, the role of the Party and its relation to non-Communist elements hi the population, organised or unorganised, has had to be redefined. What may be more diagnostic of this period, however, is a serious decline of public morale and of confidence in the régime.

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The China Quarterly , Volume 11 , September 1962 , pp. 89 - 104
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Copyright © The China Quarterly 1962

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* This article was originally prepared for presentation at the Colloquium of the Center for Chinese Studies, University of California at Berkeley. The author's gratitude goes to the members of the Colloquium and to his students at the University in the academic year 1961–62.