Pragmatic Dragon

China's Grand Strategy and Boundary Settlements

AvEric Hyer

Inbunden, Engelska, 2015

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China shares borders and asserts vast maritime claims with over a dozen countries, and it has had boundary disputes with nearly all of them. Yet in the 1960s, when tensions were escalating with the Soviet Union, India, and the United States, China moved to conclude boundary agreements with these neighbours peacefully. In this wide-ranging study of China's boundary disputes and settlements, Eric Hyer uncovers a legacy not in keeping with the fearful image of China on the world stage. Rather, he finds the country's territorial negotiations have been pragmatic and strategic, with China demonstrating willingness to compromise and even forgo historical claims in order to establish legitimate boundaries. This behaviour in earlier periods is pertinent to the ongoing territorial disputes in the East and South China Seas. The Pragmatic Dragon analyzes these disputes and the strategic rationale behind China's behaviour, providing important insights into the foreign policy of a nation whose presence on the world stage continues to grow.

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Utgivningsdatum:2015-01-15
Mått:152 x 229 x undefined mm
Vikt:620 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Contemporary Chinese Studies
Antal sidor:372
Förlag:University of British Columbia Press
ISBN:9780774826358

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Eric Hyer is an associate professor of political science and the coordinator for Asian studies at Brigham Young University. He was a visiting scholar at the Foreign Affairs College in Beijing from 1995 to 1996.

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The Pragmatic Dragon significantly advances the reader's knowledge of China's reactions and counter-measures to its boundary disputes. Moreover, the case studies present an intriguing account of why and how China made compromises on its border disputes. It is a book worth reading for those with great curiosity and questions about China's boundary settlements. This book may also interest political economists, historians, and general readers concerned with China's response to the shift of the global balance of power.- Kai Chen, Xiamen University, China (Pacific Affairs)

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Part 1: The Strategic and Historical ContextIntroduction: Grand Strategy and Boundary Settlements1 The Historical LegacyPart 2: The Sino-Indian Dimension2 Sino-Indian Relations and Boundary Disputes3 The Sino-Burmese Boundary Settlement4 Boundary Settlements with Nepal, Sikkim, and Bhutan5 The Sino-Pakistani Boundary Settlement6 The Sino-Afghan Boundary SettlementPart 3: The Sino-Soviet/Russian Dimension7 Sino-Soviet/Russian Relations and the Boundary Settlement8 The Sino-Mongolian Boundary Settlement9 The Sino-Japanese Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands Dispute10 The Sino-Vietnamese Territorial and Boundary SettlementsPart 4: Contemporary Settlements and Disputes11 Boundary Settlements with Eurasian States12 The South China Sea Territorial DisputesConclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index