China's Participation in the International System and Its Impact on Domestic Political and Social Order.

Until the late 1970s China was relatively isolated and alienated from the international system. Since then the Chinese government has gradually opened the country to the rest of the world. In the last three decades China has become increasingly integrated into the international system along various dimensions, such as security, economy, and politics. I argue that this development has had a major impact on the domestic political and social order in China. It has created new actors, altered the balance of power among new and old actors, and modified the institutional context in which they operate. In this process, China's participation in the international system has indirectly shaped the patterns of Chinese politics. ..PAT.-Unpublished Manuscript [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]