國立臺灣大學政治科學論叢

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This paper reviews the literature on “China’s big-power diplomacy” in Taiwan as well as China. From the realist traditions, the literature in Taiwan is  concerned  with  how  big-power  diplomacy  may  help  improve  China’s power  status  in  the  world  and  affect  Taiwan.  In  contrast,  the  Chinese literature  witnesses  a  debate  between  idealism  and  realism  and  involves  a quest for the meaning of China being a big power. On the whole, those who in  China  conceive  of  big-power  diplomacy  as  a  useful  political  discourse caution against militant policy toward Taiwan. The paper argues that there is a clear cognitive cleavage between the two streams of literature in terms of the meaning of big-power diplomacy.