The Great Wall and the Empty Fortress - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Great Wall and the Empty Fortress write by Andrew J. Nathan. This book was released on 1998. The Great Wall and the Empty Fortress available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Many see China and the United States on the path to confrontation. The Chinese leadership violates human rights norms. It maintains a harsh rule in Tibet, spars aggressively with Taiwan, and is clamping down on Hong Kong. A rising power with enormous assets, China increasingly considers American interests an obstacle to its own.But, the authors argue, the United States is the least of China's problems. Despite its sheer size, economic vitality, and drive to upgrade its military forces, China remains a vulnerable power, crowded on all sides by powerful rivals and potential foes. As it has throughout its history, China faces immense security challenges, and their sources are at and within China's own borders. China's foreign policy is calibrated to defend its territorial integrity against antagonists who are numerous, near, and strong.The authors trace the implications of this central point for China's relations with the United States and the rest of the world.
The Great Wall and the Empty Fortress
The Great Wall and the Empty Fortress - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Great Wall and the Empty Fortress write by Andrew Nathan. This book was released on 2001-11-01. The Great Wall and the Empty Fortress available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Democratization in China, Korea and Southeast Asia?
Democratization in China, Korea and Southeast Asia? - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Democratization in China, Korea and Southeast Asia? write by Kate Xiao Zhou. This book was released on 2014-01-21. Democratization in China, Korea and Southeast Asia? available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Rapid economic pluralization in East Asia has empowered local and medial groups, and with this change comes the need to rethink usual notions regarding ways in which "democracies" emerge or "citizens" gain more power. Careful examination of current developments in China, Korea, and Southeast Asia show a need for expansion of our understandings of democracy and democratization. This book challenges traditional ways in which political regimes in local as well as national polities are conceived and labeled. It shows from Asian experiences that democracy and its precursors come in more forms than most liberals have yet imagined. In reviewing recent experiences of countries across East Asia, these chapters show that actual democracies and ostensible democratizations there are less like those in the West than the surprisingly consensual and standard political science of democratization suggests. This book first examines the extreme variation of democracy’s meaning in many Asian states that hold contested elections (South Korea, Taiwan, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Thailand). Then it focuses on China. It analyzes a range of grassroots forces driving political change in the People’s Republic, and it finds both accelerators and brakes in China’s political reform process. The contributors show that models for China’s political future exist both within and outside the PRC, including in other East Asian states, in localities and sectors that already are pushing the limits of the powerful, but no longer all-powerful, Chinese party-state. With contributions from leading academics in the field, Democratization in China, Korea, and Southeast Asia? will be of interest to students and scholars of Asian politics, comparative politics, and democratization more broadly.
Conflict and Cooperation in Sino-US Relations
Conflict and Cooperation in Sino-US Relations - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Conflict and Cooperation in Sino-US Relations write by Jean-Marc F. Blanchard. This book was released on 2015-02-20. Conflict and Cooperation in Sino-US Relations available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Numerous crosswinds are buffeting the more than 40-year-old People's Republic of China--American relationship, yet only once since Nixon’s historic trip to China in 1972 has a major conflagration seemed a real possibility. Anchoring the relationship throughout multiple storms are the two countries’ broad areas of collaboration such as deep links in culture, economics, and education. However, for some observers, the conflictual aspects of the relationship seem to be gaining prominence. Conflict and Cooperation in Sino-US Relations offers a timely and current look at one of the world’s weightiest bilateral relationships. It goes beyond detailing the conflict and cooperation that have been integral facets of China--US interactions since 1972, to gauging the relationship's evolution and future trends, examining its nuances regarding diverse issues such as the Asia-Pacific leadership structure, the South China Sea, and the Korean peninsula. The book further delves into the causes of conflict and cooperation, offers diverse solutions for tempering frictions between Beijing and Washington, and considers the efficacy of some of the mechanisms (e.g., military-to-military exchanges) that China and the US currently employ to manage their relationship.The chapters suggest that extreme anxieties about China--US relations may be misplaced, but that there nonetheless are some worrisome signs even in areas like economics and the environment that are perceived as naturally cooperative. While the book does not offer any silver bullets, various contributors contend that successful management of Sino-American relations may require greater American accommodation of China’s interests. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of Chinese politics, American politics, international relations, and Asian studies, as well as to policy-makers working in the field.
Chinese Foreign Policy
Chinese Foreign Policy - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Chinese Foreign Policy write by Suisheng Zhao. This book was released on 2004. Chinese Foreign Policy available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "China's post-Mao leadership has been increasingly sensitive to China's position in the changing global environment. This book examines China's strategic place on the world stage, particularly in its relationships with major powers and Asian neighbours and highlights the security implications of China's emerging role in the global system."--
