The new Silk Road diplomacy : China's central Asian foreign policy since the Cold War / Hasan H. Karrar.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Karrar, Hasan H. (Hasan Haider), 1973-

Series:

Contemporary Chinese studies.

Contemporary Chinese studies, 1206-9523

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

China--Foreign relations--Asia, Central.

China.

Asia, Central--Foreign relations--China.

Asia, Central.

Physical Description:

1 electronic text (xiv, 252 p.) : digital file.

Other Title:

China's central Asian foreign policy since the Cold War

Place of Publication:

Vancouver : UBC Press, c2009.

Summary:

"With the collapse of the Soviet Union, newly independent states sprang up along China's western frontier. Suddenly, Beijing was forced to confront internal challenges to its authority at its border as well as international competition for energy and authority in Central Asia. Hasan Karrar traces how China cooperated with Russia and the Central Asian republics seeking to stabilize the region, facilitate commerce, and build an energy infrastructure. He also shows how this multilateral approach brought Beijing into direct competition with the United States, which views Central Asia as vital to its strategic interests."--Book jacket.

Contents:

1. The past in the present : the reach of history on the Sino-Central Asian frontier

2. Treading carefully : China enters the Central Asian arena, 1992-96

3. Pushing the boundaries : deepening Sino-Central Asian cooperation, 1996-2001

4. A momentary setback : Sino-Central Asian relations in the post-September 11 world order, 2001-2

5. China in Central Asia : a new regional power after 2002?.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [222]-243) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-283-33535-2

9786613335357

0-7748-1694-5

OCLC:

747432084