Authors
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Ngeow Chow-Bing
Institute of China Studies, University of Malaya
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Pervaiz Ali Mahesar
Department of International and Strategic Studies at the University of Malaya
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Roy Anthony Rogers
Department of International and Strategic Studies, University of Malaya
Keywords:
Diplomats, Pakistan-China relations, constructivist approach, China-Pakistan Economic Corridor
Abstract
This article reviews the writings on China by four former ambassadors of Pakistan, three of them ambassadors to China. Their writings display a remarkably positive image of China. Although written usually after retirement of their diplomatic service, their views of China have long been shaped when they were in the service. In this sense, these writings portrayed, and indicated, at least among a section of the professional diplomatic corps of Pakistan, how Pakistani elite understand China. In turn, this also reflects, at a wider level, the positive discourse on China among the influential opinion makers in Pakistan. This article adopts the constructivist approach, which
gives theoretical importance to ideational factors in the understanding of a country’s foreign policy. Pakistan’s China policy, while on the one hand driven by realist and geopolitical factors, is also shaped by a positive discourse on China, in which this article examines through the writings of several former diplomats of Pakistan.
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Author Biographies
Ngeow Chow-Bing, Institute of China Studies, University of Malaya
Ngeow Chow-Bing, PhD, is Acting Director of the Institute of China Studies, University of Malaya. His research interests include China’s political reforms, Chinese nationalism and China-Southeast Asia relations. He can be reached at <ngeow.c@um.edu.my>
Pervaiz Ali Mahesar, Department of International and Strategic Studies at the University of Malaya
Pervaiz Ali Mahesar is a PhD candidate at the Department of International and Strategic Studies at the University of Malaya. He is writing a thesis on the Pakistani intellectual discourses on China and Pakistan-China relations. He can be reached at <mahesarpervaiz@gmail.com>
Roy Anthony Rogers, Department of International and Strategic Studies, University of Malaya
Roy Anthony Rogers, PhD, is the Head of Department of International and Strategic Studies. His research interests include Central Asia and Xinjiang issuesin China. He can be reached at <rarogers@um.edu.my>
