No major economy in the last century has grown at the pace now under way in China. A new approach is thus required to analyze such a huge country as China. The purpose of this project is to research and analyze some important domestic issues in the political, economical and social fields as well as some international topics on globalization, security and various other issues.

(1) Introduction
(2) Approaches to the study of Chinese foreign policy
(3) Literature review
(4) Chinese foreign policy in the post-Cold War era
(5) Historical approach to Chinese Foreign policy
(6) Foreign policy making in Mao's era
(7) Evolution of contemporary foreign policy making in China
(8) Decentralization and its impact on Chinese foreign policy
(9) Relations between China and international society
(10) Media･Public opinion･Chinese foreign policy
(11) Public diplomacy in China
(12) Interactions between civil society and Chinese foreign policy
(13) Diplomats in China
(14) Change and continuity
(15) New directions in the study of China's foreign policy