The Chinese State At The Borders
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The Chinese State At The Borders
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Author : Diana Lary
language : en
Publisher: UBC Press
Release Date : 2011-11-01
The Chinese State At The Borders written by Diana Lary and has been published by UBC Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-11-01 with History categories.
The People's Republic of China claims to have 22,000 kilometres of land borders and 18,000 kilometres of coast line. How did this vast country come into being? The state credo describes an ancient process of cultural expansion: border peoples gratefully accept high culture in China and become inalienable parts of the country. And yet, the "centre" had to fight against manifestations of discontent in the border regions, not only to maintain control over the regions themselves, but also to prevent a loss of power at the edges from triggering a general process of regional devolution in the Han Chinese provinces. The essays in this volume look at these issues over a long span of time, questioning whether the process of expansion was a benevolent civilizing mission.
Strong Borders Secure Nation
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Author : M. Taylor Fravel
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2008-08-25
Strong Borders Secure Nation written by M. Taylor Fravel and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-08-25 with Political Science categories.
As China emerges as an international economic and military power, the world waits to see how the nation will assert itself globally. Yet, as M. Taylor Fravel shows in Strong Borders, Secure Nation, concerns that China might be prone to violent conflict over territory are overstated. The first comprehensive study of China's territorial disputes, Strong Borders, Secure Nation contends that China over the past sixty years has been more likely to compromise in these conflicts with its Asian neighbors and less likely to use force than many scholars or analysts might expect. By developing theories of cooperation and escalation in territorial disputes, Fravel explains China's willingness to either compromise or use force. When faced with internal threats to regime security, especially ethnic rebellion, China has been willing to offer concessions in exchange for assistance that strengthens the state's control over its territory and people. By contrast, China has used force to halt or reverse decline in its bargaining power in disputes with its militarily most powerful neighbors or in disputes where it has controlled none of the land being contested. Drawing on a rich array of previously unexamined Chinese language sources, Strong Borders, Secure Nation offers a compelling account of China's foreign policy on one of the most volatile issues in international relations.
Chineseness Across Borders
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Author : Andrea Louie
language : en
Publisher: Duke University Press Books
Release Date : 2004-03-22
Chineseness Across Borders written by Andrea Louie and has been published by Duke University Press Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-03-22 with History categories.
Transnational ethnic identity issues studied through an ethnography of Chinese American visits to Chinese villages organized under a program set up by the Chinese government.
Where China Meets Southeast Asia
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Author : Grant Evans
language : en
Publisher: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
Release Date : 2000
Where China Meets Southeast Asia written by Grant Evans and has been published by Institute of Southeast Asian Studies this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Social Science categories.
Laos, Paul T. Cohen.
India China
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Author : L.H.M. Ling
language : en
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Release Date : 2016-09-19
India China written by L.H.M. Ling and has been published by University of Michigan Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-09-19 with History categories.
An inspiring reconception of the India-China border as a space for the fluid exchange of culture, trade, and government
Great State
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Author : Timothy Brook
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins
Release Date : 2020-03-17
Great State written by Timothy Brook and has been published by HarperCollins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-03-17 with History categories.
The author of Vermeer’s Hat shares “a dizzying and exhilarating journey” through 800 years of Chinese history and national identity (New Statesman). China is one of the oldest states in the world. It achieved its approximate borders with the Ascendancy of the Yuan dynasty in the thirteenth century and has maintained them ever since—through the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the Republic, the Occupation, and Communism. Yet China has never been alone in the world. It has had to contend with invaders as well as foreign traders and imperialists. Its rulers for the majority of the last eight centuries have not been Chinese. China became a mega-state not by conquering others, Timothy Brook contends, but rather by being conquered by others and then claiming right of succession to the empires of those Great States. What the Mongols and Manchu ruling families wrought, the Chinese ruling families of the Ming, the Republic, and the People’s Republic, have perpetuated. Yet the idea of a naturally Chinese ‘fatherland’ persists to this day. In The Great State, Brook examines China’s relationship with the world at large for the first time, from the Yuan through to the present, by following the stories of ordinary and extraordinary people navigating the spaces where China met, and continues to meet, the world.
Border Landscapes
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Author : Janet C. Sturgeon
language : en
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Release Date : 2012-06-27
Border Landscapes written by Janet C. Sturgeon and has been published by University of Washington Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-06-27 with Social Science categories.
In this comparative, interdisciplinary study based on extensive fieldwork as well as historical sources, Janet Sturgeon examines the different trajectories of landscape change and land use among communities who call themselves Akha (known as Hani in China) in contrasting political contexts. She shows how, over the last century, processes of state formation, construction of ethnic identity, and regional security concerns have contributed to very different outcomes for Akha and their forests in China and Thailand, with Chinese Akha functioning as citizens and grain producers, and Akha in Thailand being viewed as "non-Thai" forest destroyers. The modern nation-state grapples with local power hierarchies on the periphery of the nation, with varied outcomes. Citizenship in China helps Akha better protect a fluid set of livelihood practices that confer benefits on them and their landscape. Denied such citizenship in Thailand, Akha are helpless when forests and other resources are ruthlessly claimed by the state. Drawing on current anthropological debates on the state in Southeast Asia and more generally on debates on property theory, states and minorities, and political ecology, Sturgeon shows how people live in a continuous state of negotiated boundaries - political, social, and ecological. This pioneering comparison of resource access and land use among historically related peoples in two nation-states will be welcomed by scholars of political ecology, environmental anthropology, ethnicity, and politics of state formation in East and Southeast Asia.
The Third Revolution
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Author : Elizabeth Economy
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2018
The Third Revolution written by Elizabeth Economy and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018 with Business & Economics categories.
In The Third Revolution, Elizabeth Economy, one of America's leading China scholars, provides an authoritative overview of contemporary China that makes sense of all of the seeming inconsistencies and ambiguities in its policies and actions.
Matthias Messmer And Hsin Mei Chuang China At Its Limits
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Author : Matthias Messmer
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018-05-18
Matthias Messmer And Hsin Mei Chuang China At Its Limits written by Matthias Messmer and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-05-18 with categories.
'A very timely and interesting book which will both help and provoke much discussion.' - Lord Chris Patten (Last British Governor of Hong Kong)There are seemingly no limits to China's rise as a superpower. But the empire's ambitions are being tested along its borders, where ruins of mysterious splendour and phantoms of ongoing tensions are overshadowed by the grandeur of China's ascent. Highways are being built over forgotten battlefields and derelict shrines to link the country with the world.In this scholarly and extensive volume, the destinies and landscapes shaped by an empire's upheavals are portrayed intimately. Evocative photographs reveal the sentiments and sensibilities of China's periphery, where a new world order is emerging.Swiss photographer and writer, Matthias Messmer specialises his research into Chinese cultural spaces, geopolitics and Western images of China.Taiwanese cultural researcher, Hsin-Mei Chuang explores the untold stories and cultural subtleties in Chinese and Taiwanese cultures, colonial history and its legacy in Asia.
Remaking The Chinese State
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Author : Chao Chien-min
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2003-09-02
Remaking The Chinese State written by Chao Chien-min and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-09-02 with Political Science categories.
After more than twenty years of economic and political reform, China is a vastly different country to that left by Mao. Almost all the characteristic policies and practices of the Maoist era have been abandoned, with the goals of revolution in foreign and domestic policy being replaced by an emphasis on economic modernization, accompanied by radical social transformation and an increasingly significant international role. Yet, despite these dramatic changes other fundamental features of China's policy remain unchanged. This book explores the strategies of reform in China and their implications for its domestic and foreign policies. It challenges the misconceptions that no political reforms are taking place and that China is eagerly embracing capitalism. It also challenges the view that China does not abide by international norms and practices on military and security matters. Its contributors, all highly respected scholars, avoid simple generalisations about the nature of China's politics or future path, instead offering comparisons and contrasts between policy areas and regions to create a more complete picture of this complex country.