Beyond China's independent foreign policy: Challenge for the U.S. and its Asian allies
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Featuring contributions by well-known scholars on contemporary China, this volume explores the implications of Chinese foreign policy on the political climate of the early 1980s. The essays discuss the current state of relations between China and the U.S., China's development of good relations with the United States, and the possibility of achieving a normalization of relations with the Soviet Union. They also explore a wide range of theoretical questions concerning China's new foreign posture, and present a number of reports from regions and individual countries, including the United States, Japan, Southeast Asia, and Taiwan.
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THE THESIS
This volume examines the strategic implications of China's shift toward an independent foreign policy and the resulting challenges for the United States and its regional allies. James C. Hsiung compiles essays from prominent scholars to analyze the geopolitical landscape of the early 1980s. The work evaluates how China's evolving diplomatic posture influenced global power dynamics and the potential for normalized relations between major world powers.
THE SCOPE MAP
What You Will Find
- Analysis of Sino-American relations in the early 1980s
- Theoretical frameworks regarding China's diplomatic independence
- Regional impact reports covering Japan, Southeast Asia, and Taiwan
- Discussions on the potential for Sino-Soviet normalization
Scope Limits
- The analysis is restricted to the geopolitical context of the early 1980s
- The text does not cover post-Cold War developments or modern Chinese foreign policy
THE AUTHORITY PERSPECTIVE
Experts recognize this volume as a significant historical record of Cold War-era diplomatic theory. Readers frequently note the academic density of the prose and its value as a primary source for understanding the strategic anxieties of the early 1980s.
Page Count:
215
Publication Date:
1985-01-01
Publisher:
Praeger
ISBN-10:
0030025788
ISBN-13:
9780030025785
History
Politics & Social Sciences
International relations
Ethnic Studies
Asian Studies
Cold War
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