Introduction

In this volume, the author examines how the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has aligned itself within global security discourses. In terms of theory, while there is a growing literature on securitization in the PRC and particular macrosecuritization topics have already been discussed in regard to the PRC, macrosecuritization has not been systematically investigated in the context of the PRC. Indeed, studying macrosecuritization in the context of the PRC enriches the existing literature on securitization in China and macrosecuritization overall. Indeed, the contemporary security discourse of Xi’s administration has become quite global. Like global problems, Chinese scholars view these issues as existing everywhere and relating to everyone. While the PRC has approached each of the international macrosecuritizations differently, its main push is towards the desecuritization of its relationships with other great powers using macrodesecuritization.