ABSTRACT
The Chinese economy has become a key driver of international economic growth. Scholars have pointed out that Chinese diplomacy is likely to remain one of reactive assertion under Xi Jinping and that Chinese foreign policy continues that predicated on China's domestic agenda. This chapter, divided into four parts. The first part offers a review of the foreign policy legacies that Xi Jinping has inherited from his predecessors. The second part discusses Xi's foreign policy experiments since his appointment as the General Secretary of the Communist Party and Chairman of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Military Commission by the 18th Central Committee of the CPC on 15 November 2012. The third part focuses on the continuities and changes in China's international policy and offers possible reasons for continuity and change under the new leadership. The final part analyses the possible impact on the key players in the Asia-Pacific region as well as the major powers on the international arena.
