China-Malaysia Relations and Foreign Policy

When Malaysian Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak Hussein, paid an official visit to China in May 1974, it secured Malaysia a place in the annals of regional diplomatic history as the first ASEAN country to establish full diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China. This book analyses the process of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Malaysia and China, and provides a detailed explanation and understanding of the decision- making process in Malaysia.

Abdul Razak Baginda is currently Advisor to a private think tank on global affairs, based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

1. Introduction 2. Foreign Policy Analysis 3. The Evolution of Malaysia's Foreign Policy towards China: From Independence to the end of Konfrontasi, 1957-1966 4. Shifts in Malaysia's Internal and External Environments, 1967-1969 5. Tun Razak and Changes in Malaysian Foreign Policy, 1970-1972 6. The Decision-Making Process and the Road towards Normalisation, 1972-1974 7. An Assessment of the 1974 China Visit 8. The Domestic and Regional Limits of Normalising Ties with China 8. CONCLUSION 9. BIBLIOGRAPHY