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China's Diplomatic Decision-making Analysis For India In 1962

Posted on:2013-09-10Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:T CaiFull Text:PDF
GTID:2246330362969277Subject:Diplomacy
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This paper selects China’s foreign policy decision to India in1962as a case study.By using rational policy-making model, organizational process model andpsychological cognitive model to analysis the decision-making, the author tries to findout the factors that affected China’s countermeasures in different stages among theborder dispute and a better understanding of the whole picture of the decision-makingprocess. By demonstrating the nation’s rational decision-making process, the authoranalyses that the Chinese government’s policy on India in1962was a rational choice.By using the theory of organizational process model, the author analyses thecharacteristics of Chinese foreign policy-making organs in1962and the decision-making process, summarized the sources of information of foreign policy making anddelivery channels according to the Department of State files, further summarized themechanism and process of foreign policy decisions among these organizations. Byusing the psychological theory of cognitive model, the author analyses the Chineseleaders’ personality characteristics, then summarized four ways that thepsychological awareness effect on the foreign policy decisions. The three modelsprovide different perspectives for analysis foreign policy decision, although seemingindependent, but there is a certain degree of correlation. In this paper, combining theexisting theoretic modes, the author makes an effort on the decision-making analysisframework and summarizes the pattern that China’s foreign decision-making to Indiaon this historical stage was single linear decision-making oriented by national interest.
Keywords/Search Tags:Sino-India border war, Rational decision-making model, Organizationalprocess model, Psychological cognitive model, Single linear decision-making orientedby national interest
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