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China : fragile superpower / Susan L. Shirk.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Shirk, Susan L.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nationalism--China.
- Nationalism.
- China.
- China--Politics and government--2002-.
- Politics and government.
- Physical Description:
- 320 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
- Summary:
- In this revealing book, readers see the brittle internal politics and fears that motivate China's leaders--insecurities that expose a fragile Communist regime desperate to survive in a society turned upside down by miraculous economic growth.
- Contents:
- Strong abroad but fragile at home
- China's economic miracle
- Domestic threats
- The echo chamber of nationalism : media and the Internet
- The responsible power
- Japan : "when the Chinese people get angry, the result is always big trouble"
- Taiwan : "a question of regime survival"
- The United States : "external troubles can become internal troubles"
- China's weakness, America's danger.
- Notes:
- "How China's internal politics could derail its peaceful rise"--Jkt.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [273]-310) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0195306090
- 9780195306095
- OCLC:
- 71189778
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