Obama's Challenge to China

Chi Wang worked at the U.S. Library of Congress' Chinese section for 47 years and has been an adjunct professor at Georgetown University since 1969. He served as an advisor on China affairs for several U.S. presidential administrations. Dr. Wang has published many books and articles on U.S.-China relations. He has a Ph.D. in history from Georgetown University.

’As objective and detailed an account as we will ever have of the Obama administration’s conduct of Sino-American relations and the events, trends, and issues now pushing the two countries toward rivalry. Perfect for classes on US-China relations.’ Ambassador Chas W. Freeman, Jr. (USFS, ret.), former Assistant Secretary of Defense, USA ’China’s new leader Xi Jinping says he wants a new pattern of great power relations with the United States. Today, as Dr Wang assesses, this relationship is somewhere between deterrence and reassurance. His comprehensive, detailed and well-documented study puts in context the issues that must form a strategy for managing relations with a country that will shape the world of the 21st century.’ Richard H. Solomon, former Assistant Secretary of State for East Asia and the Pacific; former President of the United States Institute of Peace ’In Obama’s Challenge to China, Chi Wang argues that President Obama’s China policy shifted between erring first on the side of deference and then on the side of confrontation, and he also argues that Beijing was not reticent in asserting its own power in this regard. This volume calls for a new, shared vision, one anchored in the construction of inclusive economic and security institutions in Asia rather than the current divisive effort to construct parallel, but competitive, economic and security structures.’ David M. Lampton, Johns Hopkins SAIS, USA

• Introduction; Part I Obama and His China Team; Chapter 1 US Asia-Pacific Policy in Context; Chapter 2 Obama and His China Team; Part II Obama’s China Policy; Chapter 101 An Overview; Chapter 3 The “How-to-Save-the-World Club”; Chapter 4 A Changing China Strategy; Chapter 5 A “Pivot” in the Relationship; Chapter 6 Official Visits and Unexpected Tests; Chapter 7 Governments in Transition; Chapter 8 Conflict on the Rise; Chapter 102 Conclusion; Part III The Issues; Chapter 9 Economic Relations; Chapter 10 Military Relations; Chapter 11 Third Party Factors; Chapter 12 Multilateral Partnerships; Chapter 13 Climate Change; Chapter 14 Human Rights; Chapter 103 Conclusion; Chapter 104 Postscript;