The Great Wall and the Empty Fortress: China's Search for Security

Nathan, Andrew J.; Ross, Robert S.

ISBN 10: 0393040763 / ISBN 13: 9780393040760

Edité par W W Norton & Co Inc, New York, 1997

A propos de cet article

268pp. An assessment of China and provides a convincing argument for viewing China's search for security and the safeguarding of its national interest from an insider's perspective whilst maintaining an outsider's objectivity. Clean.

N° de réf. du vendeur 007217

Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: The Great Wall and the Empty Fortress: China's Search for Security
• Éditeur: W W Norton & Co Inc, New York
• Date de parution: 1997
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0393040763
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780393040760
• Reliure: Hard Cover
• Édition: 1st Printing
• État de l'article: Fine
• État de la jaquette: Fine
• Catalogues du vendeur:
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Synopsis

In June 1997 Britain's imperial presence in the Far East will come to an end when Hong Kong reverts to China. China's relations with the West, already strained by differences over human rights, trade policy and arms control issues, will be put to the test. This book examines China's foreign policy, exploring her motives and her search for national security. The authors of this study expect the outcome of this change to depend as much upon the West as on China. They argue that Western leaders are blind to a consistent pattern in China's foreign relations: the pursuit of national interest. Crowded on all sides by powerful rivals and potential foes, China's most pressing security problems are at and within its borders. Nathan and Ross examine China's foreign policy as a search for security with motives similar to those of other states. They assert that to understand what motivates Chinese foreign policy is not to counsel concessions to their demands. Instead, they advise that this understanding should help Western policy makers accommodate China when they should, persuade China when they can, and resist China when they must.

À propos des auteurs

Andrew J. Nathan is professor of political science at Columbia University.

Robert S. Ross is professor of political science at Boston College and research associate at the John King Fairbank Center for East Asian Research, Harvard University.