Denghua Zhang's article promoted by Oxford University Press as 'High Impact Political Science and International Relations Research'

'Zhang, Denghua. 2023. ‘China’s motives, influence and prospects in Pacific Island countries: views of Chinese scholars’, International Relations of the Asia-Pacific, Vol. 23, No. 1, 33-59. (Promoted by Oxford University Press as 'High Impact Political Science and International Relations Research')

Denghua Zhang’s recent journal article China’s motives, influence and prospects in Pacific Island countries: views of Chinese scholars is promoted by the Oxford University Press as 'High Impact Political Science and International Relations Research'. Published by International Relations of the Asia-Pacific, this research fills part of the gap in the literature by analysing the views of Chinese scholars of Pacific Studies in relation to China’s motives, influence, and prospects in the Pacific. It finds out that Chinese scholars list China’s diplomatic strategy, the Belt and Road Initiative, and economic interests as the three main causes of China’s Pacific diplomacy. The majority of these scholars rate the performance of China’s Pacific diplomacy as pass/average. Most Chinese scholars are cautiously optimistic about the Belt and Road Initiative in the Pacific, and they expect China to both compete and cooperate with traditional powers in the Pacific in the foreseeable future. Some of these scholars’ views on issues like the China–Taiwan diplomatic competition and the impact of Chinese aid on local corruption contradict the official Chinese line strikingly.'