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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 through interdependence and interaction with the outside world. In the process it also questions the extent to which the rest of the world can attempt to shape that future to non-Chinese interests with any chance of success.
Most debates regarding China's future international position tend to be polarised between those advocating containment and those wishing to see Beijing given a much freer hand. China Rising provides a refreshing alternative to both.
List of contents
Chapter 1 Introduction, Gerald Segal, David S.G. Goodman; Chapter 2 How much has China learned about interdependence?, Michael Yahuda; Chapter 3 How open is Chinese society?, David S.G. Goodman; Chapter 4 How much does the PLA make foreign policy?, Ellis Joffe; Chapter 5 A blue water navy, You Ji; Chapter 6 Does China have an arms control policy?, François Godement; Chapter 7 Economic growth and trade dependency in China, Christopher Findlay, Andrew Watson; Chapter 8 China’s role in the WTO and APEC, Stuart Harris; Chapter 9 China in Southeast Asia, Michael Leifer; Chapter 10 ‘Enlitening’ China?, Gerald Segal;
About the author
David S.G. Goodman is Director of the Institute for International Studies, University of Technology, Sydney. Gerald Segal is Senior Fellow for Asian Security Studies and Director of ESRC's Pacific Asia Initiative.
Summary
This refreshing analysis approaches the issue of China's potential power on the international stage within the context of its relationships with other international actors, examining the effect such a large power will have on world-wide decisions.
