Communist China's foreign policy

Perhaps the most startling develop ment in the field of international Com munism has been the growing rift in Sino-Soviet relations, so blatantly re vealed at the Twenty-second Party Con gress held in Moscow in October, 1961. COMMUNIST CHINA'S FOREIGN POLICY, an up-to-date, comprehensive study of Chinese policy and planning, examines the effects of the ever-widening conflict between Red China and Russia on China's foreign-policy program. Mr. Boyd believes that the disputes between the two Communist giants have stimu lated a chauvinist trend in Chinese Communist ideology that is likely to have serious, and possibly dangerous, repercussions for the West and the en tire world. In this study, the author de votes special attention to China's pro tracted struggle to establish Communist regimes in other parts of Asia and to her efforts to buttress such insurgent Communist movements while avoiding the risks inherent in large-scale military involvement.

The question of recognition of Com munist China is discussed in the context of Western responses to the challenges presented by China. It is the author's contention that the containment of Communism in Asia must be the pri ority objective of Western policy if the West is to meet the challenge and threat posed by Communist China in the un derdeveloped regions of Asia. How ever, he does not believe that mere intensification of existing containment measures is in itself an adequate means of limiting China's Fadius. Instead, he points out that it is incumbent upon the West to meet the Communist threat in Asia through meaningful, responsible, farsighted actions and plans, particu larly in those regions that, directly or indirectly, are menaced by China's ag gressive stance.