Unifying China, Integrating with the World : Securing Chinese Sovereignty in the Reform Era Hardback
by Allen Carlson
Part of the Studies in Asian Security series
Hardback
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This book contends that sovereignty, and more directly the extent to which it creates walls between any given state and other actors in the international system, lies at the core of China's foreign relations during the reform era.
Through a comprehensive survey of both Chinese and English-language sources, the author shows that during this period China's stance changed in unexpected ways, and argues that such shifts were products of the evolving relationship between deeply entrenched sovereignty-centric values within China, new self-interests created by Deng Xiaoping's emphasis on reform and opening, and the subsequent set of external pressures for change inadvertently brought to bear on China during the last two decades.
The key point of interest for generalists is why the Chinese position evolved as it did and what the implications of this change are for the "new sovereignty" debate.
For China watchers the book's findings are compelling, since they challenge the current conventional wisdom in the field.
Chinese sovereignty is not as unyielding and monolithic as is commonly asserted.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:320 pages
- Publisher:Stanford University Press
- Publication Date:19/08/2005
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- ISBN:9780804750608
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:320 pages
- Publisher:Stanford University Press
- Publication Date:19/08/2005
- Category:
- ISBN:9780804750608
