China's civilian army : the making of wolf warrior diplomacy / Peter Martin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Martin, Peter (Reporter), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Diplomatic and consular service, Chinese--History.

Diplomatic and consular service, Chinese.

Diplomatic relations.

International relations--Administration.

China--Foreign relations administration--History.

China.

China--Foreign relations--1949-.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 298 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2021]

Summary:

"China's Civilian Army tells the story of China's transformation from an isolated and impoverished communist state to a global superpower from the perspective of its diplomats. In the early days of the People's Republic, diplomats were highly-disciplined, committed communists who feared revealing any weakness to the threatening capitalist world. Remarkably, the model that revolutionary leader Zhou Enlai established continues to this day despite the massive changes the country has undergone in recent decades. Even today, Chinese diplomats work in pairs so that one can always watch the other for signs of ideological impurity. China's Civilian Army charts the history of China's diplomatic corps from its earliest days through to the present, drawing on the memoirs of more than a hundred retired diplomats and dozens of interviews"-- Provided by publisher

Contents:

The founder

Shadow diplomacy

War by other means

Chasing respectability

Between truth and lies

Diplomacy in retreat

Selective integration

Rethinking capitalism

The fightback

Ambition realized

Overreach.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (Oxford Scholarship Online, viewed September 24, 2021).

Other Format:

Print version: Martin, Peter (Reporter). China's civilian army.

ISBN:

0-19-751372-7

0-19-751373-5

0-19-751371-9

OCLC:

1243010284