Summary In seeking to cultivate external relations with African countries, China has long stressed its commonly shared roots with African nations as a developing country…
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Summary China’s rapid military and economic growth has fuelled a steady stream of analysis and debate about the PRC’s motivations and objectives regarding the United…
Summary This comprehensive and lucid assessment of the historical and contemporary determinants of Sino-American relations explains the conflicted engagement between the two governments. Offering a…
Abstract Repeated episodes of Chinese public pressure against the United States during 2009 and 2010 on a wide range of issues involving seas near China,…
Summary It has been thirteen years since soldiers of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) raced into the center of Beijing, ordered to recover “at…
Summary By most accounts, China has quickly grown into the second largest economy in the world. In this controversial new book, Subramanian argues that China…
Summary China is emerging as a new great power in Asia. But what kind of power will China become–a wealthy trading partner or a belligerent…
Summary The People’s Republic of China once limited its involvement in African affairs to building an occasional railroad or port, supporting African liberation movements, and…
Summary One of the central issues in the study of the Chinese Communist Party and its foreign policy is its relations with Moscow. Was the…
Summary After Leaning to One Side traces the rise and fall of the Sino-Soviet alliance between 1949 and 1973, emphasizing tension over the Korean and…
Summary Why do the Chinese sometimes speak out against America, and yet at other times, remain silent? This book takes a provocative and innovative position:…
Abstract During the 1970’s and 1980’s, Beijing and Washington shared common strategic purposes. But these shared interests have narrowed in the 1990’s. The Sino-American relationship…
Summary This slender, compact work sets out to assess the differences and convergences between the China policies of the United States and the European Union…
Summary The dynamics of international relations in Asia are undergoing broad and fundamental changes that are reverberating around the world. Primary among the catalysts of…
Summary Every day and everywhere, China figures prominently in global attention: companies and banks weigh billions in investments; hedge fund managers assess and speculate on…
