China Fragile Superpower Fragile Superpower

Name: China Fragile Superpower
Author: Charles O. Jones

Auteur: Susan Shirk

Taal: Engels

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Auteur: Susan Shirk Charles O. Jones

Engels
Paperback
9780195373196
25 september 2008
320 pagina's

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Once a sleeping giant, China today is the world's fastest growing economy--the leading manufacturer of cell phones, laptop computers, and digital cameras--a dramatic turn-around that alarms many Westerners. But in China: Fragile Superpower, Susan L. Shirk opens up the black box of Chinese politics and finds that the real danger lies elsewhere--not in China's astonishing growth, but in the deep insecurity of its leaders. China's leaders face a troubling paradox: the more developed and prosperous the country becomes, the more insecure and threatened they feel. Shirk, a former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State responsible for China, knows many of today's Chinese rulers personally and has studied them for three decades. She offers invaluable insight into how they think--and what they fear. In this revealing book, readers see the world through the eyes of men like President Hu Jintao and former President Jiang Zemin. We discover a fragile communist regime desperate to survive in a society turned upside down by miraculous economic growth and a stunning new openness to the greater world. Indeed, ever since the 1989 pro-democracy protests in Tiananmen Square and the fall of communism in the Soviet Union, Chinese leaders have been haunted by the fear that their days in power are numbered. Theirs is a regime afraid of its own citizens, and this fear motivates many of their decisions when dealing with the U.S. and other foreign nations. In particular, the fervent nationalism of the Chinese people, combined with their passionate resentment of Japan and attachment to Taiwan, have made relations with these two regions a minefield. It is here, Shirk concludes, in the tangled interactions between Japan, Taiwan, China, and the United States, that the greatest danger lies. Shirk argues that rising powers such as China tend to provoke wars in large part because other countries mishandle them. Unless we understand China's brittle internal politics and the fears that motivate its leaders, we face the very real possibility of avoidable conflict with China. This book provides that understanding.

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Taal: en
Bindwijze: Paperback
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 25 september 2008
Aantal pagina's: 320
Illustraties: Met illustraties

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Hoofdauteur: Susan Shirk
Tweede Auteur: Charles O. Jones
Hoofduitgeverij: OUPQ

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Originele titel: China: Fragile Superpower: How China's Internal Politics Could Derail Its Peaceful Rise

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Editie: illustrated edition
Extra groot lettertype: Nee
Product breedte: 152 mm
Product hoogte: 25 mm
Product lengte: 235 mm
Studieboek: Ja
Verpakking breedte: 154 mm
Verpakking hoogte: 235 mm
Verpakking lengte: 20 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht: 479 g

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EAN: 9780195373196

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Taal: Engels
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Land: China

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