In recent years, China has not only expanded its economic presence worldwide but has also actively pursued initiatives to enhance its global leadership, promote international cooperation, and provide humanitarian aid. Concurrently, Chinese NGOs have played an increasingly active role in China's international diplomacy, initiating projects overseas and establishing offices in Belt and Road Initiative countries. This book delves into this trend by examining China's global strategy, the role of NGOs, and exploring the perspectives of these organizations themselves on their functions and roles in international politics. It presents a typology of NGOs within China's foreign policy, summarizing the diverse factors that influence their multifaceted involvement. The book reveals the divergence between Chinese and Western understandings of global governance and highlights the significance of the international engagement of Chinese NGOs as a new and noteworthy phenomenon in the fields of international relations and global governance.

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About the authorAnja Ketels is a Sinologist holding a doctorate in Political Science, specializing in China's International Relations. She works as a China consultant.

Inhalt
Introduction.- Contextual foundations: NGOs and Chinese foreign policy.- State of the art: NGOs, international politics, and the Chinese state.- Theory and methodology.- The Chinese global governance discourse and NGOs.- Explanatory embedded case study of Chinese NGOs going global.- Analysis: NGOs and the Chinese approach to global governance.- Conclusion: NGOs in China's foreign policy.- Reference.