Three Faces of Chinese Power : Might, Money, and Minds / David M. Lampton; ed. by David M. Lampton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lampton, David M., Author.

Contributor:

Lampton, David M., Editor.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (384 p.) : 11 b/w photographs, 2 charts, 3 tables

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2008]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Clear, comprehensive, and well-balanced, 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 asks how they are thinking about the future use of power through instruments such as their space program. He also provides broad suggestions for policy toward China in light of the 2008 elections in the United States and China's hosting of the Olympic Games, in a book that is essential reading for understanding one of the most significant developments of the twenty-first century.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

List of Illustrations

Preface

Introduction

1. Thinking about Power

2. Might

3. Money

4. Minds

5. China and Its Neighbors

6. A Precarious Balance

7. What Chinese Power Means for America and the World

Notes

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 28. Feb 2023)

ISBN:

0-520-94150-0