1. Zhifu, Shi, ed.Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo Duiwai Guanxishi1
2. Explaining the Strategic Behavior of States: International Law as System Structure
3. Nathan, Andrew and Ross, Robert. 1997.The Great Wall and The Empty Fortress: China's Search for Security, 6–7. New York: W.W. Norton.
4. Jijinhui, Guoji Zhanlue Yanjiu, ed. 1993.Huanqiu Tongci Liangre [The Entire Planet Sharing the Same Temperature], 2Beijing: Central Documentary Press. This is the typical periodization of Chinese foreign policy in the Cold War era presented by Chinese officials and scholars. Former Chinese foreign minister Qiao Guanhua summarized Chinese foreign policy as follows: 'Uniting with the Soviet Union to deter the United States in the 1950s, combatting the two superpowers in the 1960s, and uniting with the United States to deter the Soviet Union in the 197Os'.