The Conflict Interactions of the People's Republic of China, 1950-1970

Andres D. Onate
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Andres D. Onate: Department of Oriental Studies University of Arizona

Journal of Conflict Resolution, 1974, vol. 18, issue 4, 578-594

Abstract: China scholars believe that increases in the levels of internal conflict have historically led the Chinese to seek foreign policies conflict. Until now, this generalization has not been empirically challenged. Data were collected on nine measures of domestic conflict and twelve measures of foreign conflict, over a 21-year period, 1950-1970. The results were mixed. While the principal finding of a moderate relationship did lend some support to the historical generalizations relating foreign and domestic conflict in the People's Republic of China, a second finding-foreign conflict predicted better to domestic conflict-was contrary to our hypothesized expectations. Thus, on the basis of the tentative findings, we would be justified in reformulating the traditional conflict model and proposing that the key toward understanding the relationship between foreign and domestic conflict in the PRC is not only its domestic conflict, but also the foreign conflict initiated by or directed toward the Chinese.

Date: 1974
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DOI: 10.1177/002200277401800402

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