Summary Gertz takes a vehement stand on American foreign policy with China, arguing that the US has made a grave error in assisting China in…
Country or Region: China
Summary In this revelatory examination of the most overlooked force that is changing the face of China, the Oxford historian and scholar of modern Asia…
Abstract The 5th Forum for China Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) will be held in Beijing in July 2012. The Forum, established for the first time in…
Summary Ever since the two ancient nations of India and China established modern states in the mid-20th century, they have been locked in a complex…
Summary The United States alliance with Nationalist China was a central feature of American strategy in East Asia during the cold war, but it has…
Summary Taiwan’s first presidential election, in 1996, sparked a Sino-U.S. military showdown that resulted in the biggest show of U.S. naval force in East Asia…
Summary What explains the twists and turns in U.S.-China relations since Richard Nixon initiated a policy of engagement in the early 1970’s? Addressing this question,…
Abstract The balance of power in East Asia is stable and favors the United States, but the balance of influence is tipping toward Beijing. China’s…
Continue reading Frost, Ellen L., James J. Przystup, and Phillip C. Saunders
Introduction A menace looms in the East. China’s military is growing ever larger and may soon unseat us as hegemon of the Pacific. But does…
Abstract How much military power does China ultimately desire? A close look at Chinese texts on military doctrine over the last decade reveals that Beijing’s…
Summary United States policy toward China after World War II presented a uniform front of overwhelming revilement. Today, however, while Chinese human rights violations often…
Summary China’s relationship with the developing world is a fundamental part of its larger foreign policy strategy. Sweeping changes both within and outside of China…
Continue reading Eisenman, Joshua, Eric Heginbotham, and Derek Mitchell
Summary China’s spectacular economic growth over the past two decades has dramatically depleted the country’s natural resources and produced skyrocketing rates of pollution. Environmental degradation…
Abstract Variously referred to as China’s “charm offensive” or its “soft power” approach, Beijing’s growing international economic engagement, many fear, is going hand-inhand with expanding…
Abstract China’s blistering economic growth has made access to adequate energy supplies an increasingly important priority. It is the world’s second largest consumer and third…
