China: Fragile Superpower : How China's Internal Politics Could Derail Its Peaceful Rise

Fragile Superpower

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Politics, Leadership, Practical Politics, History, Asian, China
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Author: Susan L. Shirk ISBN: 9780199839889
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA Publication: April 16, 2007
Imprint: Oxford University Press, USA Language: English
Author: Susan L. Shirk
ISBN: 9780199839889
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Publication: April 16, 2007
Imprint: Oxford University Press, USA
Language: English

Once a sleeping giant China today is the world's fastest growing economy--the leading manufacturer of cell phones laptop computers and digital cameras--a dramatic turn-around that alarms many Westerners. But in China: The Fragile Superpower Susan L. Shirk opens up the black box of Chinese politics and finds that the real danger lies elsewhere--not in China's astonishing growth but in the deep insecurity of its leaders. China's leaders face a troubling paradox: the more developed and prosperous the country becomes the more insecure and threatened they feel. Shirk a former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State responsible for China knows many of today's Chinese rulers personally and has studied them for three decades. She offers invaluable insight into how they think--and what they fear. In this revealing book readers see the world through the eyes of men like President Hu Jintao and former President Jiang Zemin. We discover a fragile communist regime desperate to survive in a society turned upside down by miraculous economic growth and a stunning new openness to the greater world. Indeed ever since the 1989 pro-democracy protests in Tiananmen Square and the fall of communism in the Soviet Union Chinese leaders have been haunted by the fear that their days in power are numbered. Theirs is a regime afraid of its own citizens and this fear motivates many of their decisions when dealing with the U.S. and other foreign nations. In particular the fervent nationalism of the Chinese people combined with their passionate resentment of Japan and attachment to Taiwan have made relations with these two regions a minefield. It is here Shirk concludes in the tangled interactions between Japan Taiwan China and the United States that the greatest danger lies. Shirk argues that rising powers such as China tend to provoke wars in large part because other countries mishandle them. Unless we understand China's brittle internal politics and the fears that motivate its leaders we face the very real possibility of avoidable conflict with China. This book provides that understanding.

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Once a sleeping giant China today is the world's fastest growing economy--the leading manufacturer of cell phones laptop computers and digital cameras--a dramatic turn-around that alarms many Westerners. But in China: The Fragile Superpower Susan L. Shirk opens up the black box of Chinese politics and finds that the real danger lies elsewhere--not in China's astonishing growth but in the deep insecurity of its leaders. China's leaders face a troubling paradox: the more developed and prosperous the country becomes the more insecure and threatened they feel. Shirk a former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State responsible for China knows many of today's Chinese rulers personally and has studied them for three decades. She offers invaluable insight into how they think--and what they fear. In this revealing book readers see the world through the eyes of men like President Hu Jintao and former President Jiang Zemin. We discover a fragile communist regime desperate to survive in a society turned upside down by miraculous economic growth and a stunning new openness to the greater world. Indeed ever since the 1989 pro-democracy protests in Tiananmen Square and the fall of communism in the Soviet Union Chinese leaders have been haunted by the fear that their days in power are numbered. Theirs is a regime afraid of its own citizens and this fear motivates many of their decisions when dealing with the U.S. and other foreign nations. In particular the fervent nationalism of the Chinese people combined with their passionate resentment of Japan and attachment to Taiwan have made relations with these two regions a minefield. It is here Shirk concludes in the tangled interactions between Japan Taiwan China and the United States that the greatest danger lies. Shirk argues that rising powers such as China tend to provoke wars in large part because other countries mishandle them. Unless we understand China's brittle internal politics and the fears that motivate its leaders we face the very real possibility of avoidable conflict with China. This book provides that understanding.

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