Why China Has No Allies

### BOOKS ###
The Mind of Empire: China's History and Modern Foreign Relations (Asia in the New Millennium) by Christopher A. Ford

Everything Under the Heavens: How the Past Helps Shape China's Push for Global Power by Howard W. French


### ARTICLES / PAPERS ###
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/china/2021-11-15/chinas-search-allies

https://rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/rusi-newsbrief/chinas-only-ally

https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4271720

https://www.ft.com/content/a9a60f5e-48c6-11e6-8d68-72e9211e86ab

https://thediplomat.com/2018/10/chinas-diplomacy-has-a-monster-in-its-closet/

China's Conception of the World and Model of Global Governance by Gordon G. Chang

https://newrepublic.com/article/82211/china-foreign-policy

https://asiatimes.com/2021/08/china-without-an-army-of-friends/

https://warontherocks.com/2014/09/the-myth-of-a-friendless-china/

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-03-24/china-envoy-says-xi-putin-friendship-actually-does-have-a-limit

https://www.reuters.com/world/china/philippines-duterte-chinas-xi-call-restraint-south-china-sea-2022-04-09/

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-philippines/duterte-aligns-philippines-with-china-says-u-s-has-lost-idUSKCN12K0AS

https://www.crisisgroup.org/asia/north-east-asia/china/316-philippines-dilemma-how-manage-tensions-south-china-sea

https://asiatimes.com/2022/04/how-duterte-fell-for-chinas-bait-and-switch/

https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/10/19/duterte-philippines-china-interests/

https://www.bruegel.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/WP-2019-01final.pdf

https://www.ft.com/content/c8da1c8a-2a19-11e9-88a4-c32129756dd8

https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/24/asia/maldives-india-china-bridges-intl-hnk/index.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velana_International_Airport

https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2017/09/21/people-in-the-philippines-still-favor-u-s-over-china-but-gap-is-narrowing/

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