Introducing China
The World's Oldest Great Power Charts its Next Comeback
Authored by: Ron HuiskenPlease read Conditions of use before downloading the formats.
Description
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 portfolio of power and no major vulnerabilities. China takes itself very seriously and is inviting the world to overlook the formidable hard power assets it is determined to acquire in favour of simply enjoying the fruits of its market and trusting in the sincerity of its rhetoric on being determined to become a benign and peaceful new-age major power.
Details
- ISBN (print):
- 9781921666186
- ISBN (online):
- 9781921666193
- Publication date:
- Jan 2010
- Note:
- Canberra Papers on Strategy and Defence No. 176
- Imprint:
- ANU Press
- DOI:
- http://doi.org/10.22459/IC.01.2010
- Series:
- Strategic and Defence Studies Centre (SDSC)
- Co-publisher:
- Strategic and Defence Studies Centre (SDSC)
- Disciplines:
- Social Sciences: Military & Defence Studies, Politics & International Studies
- Countries:
- East Asia: China
PDF Chapters
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- Preliminary pages (PDF, 137KB)
- About the Author (PDF, 45KB)
- Acknowledgements (PDF, 45KB)
- Acronyms and Abbreviations (PDF, 63KB)
- Preface (PDF, 45KB)
- Introduction (PDF, 130KB)
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