The three faces of Chinese power : might, money, and minds / David M. Lampton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lampton, David M.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

China--Foreign relations.

China.

International relations.

China--Military policy.

Military policy.

China--Economic policy.

Economic policy.

China--Cultural policy.

Cultural policy.

Physical Description:

xiii, 361 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, [2008]

Summary:

Clear and comprehensive, this unique assessment takes the measure of what is arguably the most important geopolitical change in today's world: the growth of China's power. In the only book on the subject to be based on extensive interviews with elite political leaders, diplomats, and others in China, the United States, and countries on China's periphery, David M. Lampton investigates the military, economic, and intellectual dimensions of China's growing influence. His account provides a fresh perspective from which to assess China-how its strengths are changing, where vulnerabilities and uncertainties lie, and how the rest of the world, not least the United States, should view it. Lampton gives a valuable historical framework by discussing how the Chinese have thought about state power for over 2,500 years, and he also asks how they are thinking about the future use of power through instruments such as their space program.

Contents:

Thinking about power

Might

Money

Minds

China and its neighbors

A precarious balance

What Chinese power means for America and the world.

Notes:

"A Philip E. Lilienthal book in Asian studies"--P. [4] of cover.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-336) and index.

ISBN:

9780520249516

0520249518

9780520254428

0520254422

OCLC:

165478475