China's search for security
by Nathan, Andrew J., (Andrew James)
Despite its impressive size and population, economic vitality, and drive to upgrade its military capabilities, China remains a vulnerable nation surrounded by powerful rivals and potential foes. The key to understanding China's foreign policy is to grasp these geostrategic challenges, which persist even as the country comes to dominate its neighbors. Andrew J. Nathan and Andrew Scobell analyze China's security concerns on four fronts: at home, with its immediate neighbors, in surrounding region…
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- Full title :China's search for security / Andrew J. Nathan and Andrew Scobell.
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Despite its impressive size and population, economic vitality, and drive to upgrade its military capabilities, China remains a vulnerable nation surrounded by powerful rivals and potential foes. The key to understanding China's foreign policy is to grasp these geostrategic challenges, which persist even as the country comes to dominate its neighbors. Andrew J. Nathan and Andrew Scobell analyze China's security concerns on four fronts: at home, with its immediate neighbors, in surrounding regional systems, and in the world beyond Asia. By illuminating the issues driving Chinese policy, they off.
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- Publication Date:2012.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Columbia University Press
- Place of Publication:New York
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2012.
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- Description:1 online resource
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780231511643, 0231511647
- oclc:ocn812924919
- LC Classification:JZ1734
- Dewey Decimal:355/.033551
Table of Contents
Introduction -- Part I. Interest and identity in Chinese foreign policy: what drives Chinese foreign policy?; who runs Chinese foreign policy? -- Part II. Security challenges and strategies: China's Russia policy during the Cold War and after; deciphering the U.S. threat; the Northeast Asia regional system; China's other neighbors: the Asia-Pacific; China in the fourth ring -- Part III. Holding together: territorial integrity and foreign policy: problems of stateness: Tibet, Xinjiang, Hong Kong, and Taiwan; Taiwan's democratic transition and China's response -- Part IV. Instruments of power: dilemmas of opening; military modernization: from people's war to power projection; soft power and human rights in Chinese foreign policy -- Part V. Conclusion: threat or equilibrium?
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