This is a new analysis of the key issues facing Chinese policy makers in their approach towards Taiwan, This is one of the most tense and potentially explosive relationships in world politic. This book explains succinctly the impetus, the methods and the consequences if China is to use force, a prospect that has become greater following the return of President Chen Shui- bian to power in Taiwan…
Examines how China has approached diplomacy, strategy, and negotiation throughout its history, and reflects on the consequences for the global balance of power in the twenty-first century
Soon, China will rule the world. But in doing so, it will not become more Western. Since the first publication of When China Rules the World, the landscape of world power has shifted dramatically. In the three years since the first edition was published, When China Rules the World has proved to be a remarkably prescient book, transforming the nature of the debate on China. Now, in this gr…
Martin Jacques berpandangan bahwa China sama sekali tidak akan menjadi sebuah masyarakat bergaya Barat. China akan tetap sangat unik. Berukuran dan bermental benua, dan dihuni seperlima penduduk dunia, China adalah sebuah negara-peradaban dengan karakteristik, sikap dan nilai-nilai yang sudah jauh lebih dulu dari eksistensinya sebagai negara-bangsa. China sudah memiliki pengaruh ekonomi sangat …
Through interviews, gives a behind-the-scenes look at negotiations to denuclearize the Korean peninsula. Offering multiple perspectives on the second Korean nuclear crisis, provides a window of understanding on the historical, geopolitical, and security concerns at play on the peninsula since 2002, paying special attention to China's dealings with North Korea
A related adjustment in American policy toward China has been the extent to which the United States has re-initiated a high-level dialogue with the PRC President Bush, perhaps because he did not want to be seen as being too soft on China in the wake of the Tiananmen incident, suspended a high-level dialogue with Beijing. Under President Clinton, to some extent perhaps because the Administration…
Develops Gerry Segal's famous article to look at China in the context of the world economy, Asian economy, as a global military power, as a regional military power, within world and Asian politics and within the contemporary world and Asian culture.
In this book, James Manicom contests the orthodox view that the strategic rivalry between China and Japan will escalate into a full blown military conflict. The book concedes that the East China Sea will be the likely medium for Sino-Japanese military rivalry and cyclical tensions will persist; however, it makes the compelling case that cooperation will endure.
As head of Chinas State Council Information Office, Zhao Qizheng endeavored to present to the world a new and more open China. Impressed by his knowledge and enthusiasm, the international media community hailed him as Chinas Top PR Spokesman, Chinas First-rate Orator and Chinas Image Polisher. This book is a fine collection of Zhaos 35 speeches and interviews made since 1998, focusing on Ch…
This book examines the impact of China's rise on the strategic dimension in East Asian international politics and security. We attempt to address and analyze the following set of questions. First , how has China's strategic approach to its international relations in East Asia evolved? How successful has China been able to consolidate its strategic position in the region? How have other regional…