China Race

Fei-Ling Wang is Professor of International Affairs at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He is the author of The China Record: An Assessment of the People's Republic and The China Order: Centralia, World Empire, and the Nature of Chinese Power, both also published by SUNY Press.

"…[an] excellent volume … Highly recommended." — CHOICE"As an experienced scholar who has observed and contemplated on China for decades, Wang's arguments deftly integrate both humanities/history and political science, concerns for the global order and the Chinese people, the realist perspective in international relations, and normative suggestions for the future global system. The China Race lays down a visible foundation for an important debate in the coming decade and beyond." — Ming Xia, author of The People's Congresses and Governance in China"The China Race addresses the broad comparative, political-philosophical aspects of the current competition with China that are missing in much of the current scholarship. Wang draws from history and Western as well as classical Chinese political philosophy to separate out what he calls the CCP-PRC entity, a 'Qin-Han' Polity whose interests are not the same as those of the Chinese People and whose very nature is intrinsically incompatible with the US-led liberal international order grounded in the idea of Westphalian state sovereignty." — E. John Gregory, United States Military Academy, West Point

• List of Illustrations Acknowledgments IntroductionThe China RaceArrangement of the Book1. The China Race: A Normative Analysis of Global Competition and World OrderThe Uncommon Race The Qin-Han Polity and the China Order A Framework of Analysis Three Hypotheses A Contextualization: The China Race versus the Cold War Consequences of Choices Odds of Success of the Options Principles of Normative Assessment A Short Note on Globalization Further Considerations on Preferences and CriteriaIssues of Epistemology 2. PRC Foreign Policy: From World Communism to Community of Common Destiny The Motivation and the Routes World Revolution or Common Destiny: The Core InterestOmnidirectional Efforts: Nothing Is Small Foreign Policy of and for the Party Cost to the People Impact on the Chinese Nation Service and Disservice The Effects of Beijing's Ventures Abroad Torrents of Bad Coins Deals with PRC Characteristics Time for Engaging in the Race 3. The PRC-USA Rivalry: For Existence and the World An Existential Rivalry The Challenger Aiming High and Globally Further Reflections on PRC Power and Aims The State of Sinology A Study of China Studies Reframing the Paradigms The Reorientation of US China Policy The Anticipated Zigzags The China Race in the United States The Glacier in Motion 4. Contaformation: A Strategy for Managing the China Race The Parameters Contaformation: Components and Objectives The State of the Race Crushing the Party and Quashing the Peculiar Racism Ideas on Racing Well The Worldwide Race The China Race in the PRC Empowering the Chinese People More Tracks and Shortcuts Winning the Race versus Transforming the PRC The Race and Peace: Matrices of Cost EpilogueThe Future of China and the World Notes Works and Sources Cited Index