China's policies on its borderlands and the international implications / edited by Yufan Hao, Bill K.P. Chou.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hao, Yufan.

Chou, Bill K. P.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

China--Foreign relations--Congresses.

China.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (296 p.)

Place of Publication:

Singapore ; Hackensack, N.J. : World Scientific, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book examines the interplay of two sets of policies: the Chinese government's policies to its borderlands and international relations. It proposes a conceptual framework and argues that China's policymakers fail to make complete use of the opportunities in the borderlands for accomplishing foreign policymakers' agenda to strengthen China's relations with other countries, neighboring ones in particular. As a result, these foreign policies reflect the political elites' inadequate consideration of the negative impact of these policies on the borderlands, and underscore their worry for...

Contents:

Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Editors and Contributors; Chapter 1 China's Borderlands and Their International Implications: An Overview; Chapter 2 The Disturbances in the Tibetan Areas and Ürümqi 2008-2009: Implications for China's International Relations; Chapter 3 Peaceful Rise from the Border: Chinese Practice of Diplomatic Leadership in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation; Chapter 4 China and Its Central Asian Neighbour; Chapter 5 Facing Russia and Outer Mongolia: Border City Hulunbeier in the 1960's and the 2000's

Chapter 6 Prelude to the Diaoyutai Dispute: Chinese-Japanese Controversy Over the Liuqiu Islands as Seen from an International System-Change Perspective Chapter 7 China's Northeast Water Frontiers, East China Sea Disputes and Co-Management Approach; Chapter 8 The Evolution of Beijing's Military Strategy Toward Taiwan; Chapter 9 Theorizing Language Rationalisation in Greater China: Political Transition, Self-Governance and Language Outcomes in Post-Handover Hong Kong

Chapter 10 Local Autonomy Matters: One-Country Two-System Policy in Macao and Its Implications for China's Policies on Its Borderlands Chapter 11 China's Myanmar Policy: Challenges and Adjustments; Index

Notes:

"... the conference, "China's policies on its borderlands and their international implications," held on 11-12 March, 2010 ... "--P. v.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613143938

9781283143936

1283143933

9789814287678

9814287679

OCLC:

741492802