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Despite its impressive size and population, financial vitality, and drive to upgrade its armed forces, China remains a prone nation surrounded by powerful competitors and potential foes. Understanding China's overseas policy means fully appreciating these geostrategic troubles, which persist even as the country benefits increasing affect over its neighborhood friends. Andrew J. Nathan and Andrew Scobell assess China's security concerns on four fronts: at home, with its immediate neighborhood friends, in surrounding regional systems, and in the globe beyond Asia. By illuminating the issues driving Chinese insurance plan, they provide a new perspective on the country's rise and a technique for balancing Chinese and American hobbies in Asia. Though rooted in today's, Nathan and Scobell's review makes enough use of the past, reaching back to history to illuminate the people and companies shaping Chinese strategy today. In addition they examine Chinese views of the United States; clarify why China is so concerned about Japan; and uncover China's hobbies in such problematic countries as North Korea, Iran, and the Sudan. The creators probe recent troubles in Tibet and Xinjiang and explore their links to forces beyond China's edges. They consider the practices deployed by mainland China and Taiwan, as Taiwan seeks to maintain autonomy in the face of Chinese improvements toward unification. They measure the talents and weaknesses of China's three main power resources - financial power, military power, and soft power. The creators conclude with tips for the United States as it seeks to control China's rise. Chinese policymakers understand that their nation's prosperity, steadiness, and security be based upon cooperation with the United States. If handled prudently, the authors consider, relations between your two countries can produce mutually beneficial effects for both Asia and the globe.
