China's Search for Security

Name: China's Search for Security
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ISBN: 9780231140508

ISBN-10: 0231140509

ISBN-13: 9780231140508

Edition: 2nd 2012

Authors: Andrew J. Nathan, Andrew Scobell, Andrew J. Choffnes

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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 offer new perspective on China's rise and a strategy for balancing Chinese and American interests in…

Book details

List price: $32.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication date: 11/6/2012
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 432
Size: 6.42" wide x 9.37" long x 1.39" tall
Weight: 1.540
Language: English



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Introduction



Interest and Identity in Chinese Foreign Policy



What Drives Chinese Foreign Policy?



Who Runs Chinese Foreign Policy?



Security Challenges and Strategies



Life on the Hinge: China's Russia Policy During the Cold War and After



Deciphering the U.S. Threat



The Northeast Asia Regional System: Japan and the Two Koreas



China's Other Neighbors: The Asia-Pacific



China in the Fourth Ring



Holding Together: Territorial Integrity and Foreign Policy



Problems of Stateness: Tibet, Xinjiang, Hong Kong, and Taiwan



Taiwan's Democratic Transition and China's Response



Instruments of Power



Dilemmas of Opening: Power and Vulnerability in the Global Economy



Military Modernization: From People's War to Power Projection



Soft Power and Human Rights in Chinese Foreign Policy



Conclusion



Threat or Equilibrium?


Notes


Acknowledgments


Index