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Introducing China : the world's oldest great power charts its next comeback /

China's transformation has been patiently, methodically and very deliberately constructed by a leadership group that has equally carefully protected its monopoly on power. Today's China is proceeding with great seriousness and determination to become a first-rank state with a balanced port...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Huisken, Ronald
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: The Australian National University, A.C.T. : ANU E Press, 2010.
Colección:Canberra papers on strategy and defence ; 176.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Imperial China: Practice Makes Perfect?
  • China's first rise
  • The tribute system
  • The Imperial legacy
  • 2. The People's Republic of China: Early Foreign and Security Policy Choices
  • The Mao era
  • US-China re-engagement
  • Post-Cold War: The United States repositions China in its worldview
  • China re-calibrates
  • The 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks
  • Taiwan and Korea: continuing flashpoints
  • Taiwan
  • Korea
  • 3. China's Military Modernisation
  • The transparency question
  • Defence Doctrine and Force Posture
  • Nuclear forces
  • Assessment.