China Looks at the West : Identity, Global Ambitions, and the Future of Sino-American Relations / Christopher A. Ford.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ford, Christopher A., 1967-

Series:

Asia in the new millennium.

Asia in the new millennium

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

China--Foreign relations--21st century.

China.

China--Foreign relations--United States.

United States--Foreign relations--China.

United States.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (651 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Chinese leaders have long been fascinated by the United States, but have often chosen to demonize America for perceived cultural and military imperialism. Especially under Communist rule, Chinese leaders have crafted and re-crafted portrayals of the United States according to the needs of their own agenda and the regime's self-image -- often seeing America as an antagonist and foil, but sometimes playing it up as a model.In China Looks at the West, Christopher A. Ford investigates what these depictions reveal about internal Chinese politics and Beijing's ambitions in the world today. In parti

Contents:

Challenges of Sinological Epistemology

Images of America and the Telos of China's Return

America in Chinese Politics in Deng's Era of Reform

Repression, Nationalism, Chineseness, and the Roaring Nineties

Chinese Discourse in the New Century

China and America in a New World/the Inflection Point of 2008/2009

China, America, and the Future.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 505-610) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780813165424

0813165423

9780813165394

0813165393

OCLC:

912012284