This book is the most comprehensive analysis yet of Europe/Pacific Asia relations. It provides a firm historical background and also looks forward to a number of possible futures. It is organised into five sections which examine all the most important features of contemporary relations including political, economic and security issues.
Contents: 1. Introduction 2. Deng and the reform era 3. Foreign policy without Deng
China's dramatic economic growth since the 1970s has seemed inexorable. The resulting rise in international profile has provoked a lively argument regarding the fundamental economic and strategic challenges to the rest of the world that China now presents. China Rising examines the extent to which that country's future foreign policy stance may be shaped by its own agendas and constrained thro…