Introducing China : the World's Oldest Great Power Charts its Next Comeback
- Author
- Huisken, Ronald
- Additional Titles
- Strategic and Defence Studies Centre
- Published
- Canberra : ANU Press, 2010.
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (118 pages).
Access Online
- www.jstor.org , Open Access
- Series
- Language Note
- English.
- Restrictions on Access
- Open Access Unrestricted online access
- Contents
- Prelims; contents; author; acknowledgements; acronyms; preface; introduction; ch01; China's first rise; The tribute system; The Imperial legacy; ch02; The Mao era; US-China re-engagement; Post-Cold War: The United States repositions China in its worldview; China re-calibrates; The 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks; Taiwan and Korea: continuing flashpoints?; Taiwan; Korea; ch03; The transparency question; Defence Doctrine and Force Posture; Nuclear forces; Assessment; conclusion; bibliography.
- Summary
- China's transformation has been patiently, methodically and very deliberately constructed by a leadership group that has equally carefully protected its monopoly on power. Today's China is proceeding with great seriousness and determination to become a first-rank state with a balanced portfolio of power and no major vulnerabilities. China takes itself very seriously and is inviting the world to overlook the formidable hard power assets it is determined to acquire in favour of simply enjoying the fruits of its market and trusting in the sincerity of its rhetoric on being determined to become a benign and peaceful new-age major power.
- Subject(s)
- Since 2000
- POLITICAL SCIENCE—Security (National & International)
- Economic history
- Diplomatic relations
- Politics and government
- Society and social sciences Society and social sciences
- Regions & Countries - Asia & the Middle East
- History & Archaeology
- East Asia
- China—Politics and government—21st century
- China—Economic conditions—2000-
- China—Foreign relations
- China
- China—foreign policy
- China—defence policy
- ISBN
- 1921666188
9781921666186
9781921666193
1921666196 - Digital File Characteristics
- data file
- Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references.
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