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Canberra Papers on Strategy and Defence Series
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China’s transformation has been patiently, methodically and very deliberately constructed by a leadership group that has equally carefully protected its monopoly on power. Today’s China is proceeding with great seriousness and determination to become a first-rank state with a balanced... read more
Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit
First Sentence edit
China intrigues in so many ways: a mesmerisingly large population, an intimidatingly long political and cultural tradition, a reputation for looking at and thinking about issues in very distinctive ways, a cultural predisposition to communicate in indirect and ambiguous ways, a continuous tradition of authoritarian and opaque governance, and so forth.
Table of Contents edit
About the Author vii
Acknowledgements ix
Acronyms and Abbreviations xi
Preface xiii
Introduction 1
1. Imperial China: Practice Makes Perfect? 5
China’s first rise 6
The tribute system 22
The Imperial legacy 26
2. The People’s Republic of China: Early Foreign and Security Policy Choices 31
The Mao era 31
US-China re-engagement 37
Post-Cold War: The United States repositions China in its worldview 45
China re-calibrates 53
The 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks 57
Taiwan and Korea: continuing flashpoints? 58
Taiwan 58
Korea 63
3. China’s Military Modernisation 69
The transparency question 74
Defence Doctrine an d Force Posture 77
Nuclear forces 83
Assessment 88
Conclusion 93
Bibliography 99
Glossary edit
- ACDA: Arms Control and Disarmament Agency Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
- ASEAN: Association of Southeast Asian Nations
- ARF: ASEAN Regional Forum
- CCP: Chinese Communist Party
- APT: ASEAN Plus Three
- CPI: Consumer Price Index
- DIA: Defense Intelligence Agency
- DMZ: demilitarised zone
- GDP: Gross Domestic Product
- GNP: Gross National Product
- IAEA: International Atomic Energy Agency
- ICBM: intercontintental ballistic missile
- IISS: International Institute for Strategic Studies
- MFN: Most Favoured Nation
- NATO: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
- NPT: Non-Proliferation Treaty
- OECD: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
- PLA: People’s Liberation Army
- PPP: purchasing power parity
- PRC: People’s Republic of China
- QDR: Quadrennial Defense Review
- R&D: research and development
- SCO: Shanghai Cooperation Organisation
- SIOP: Single Integrated Operational Plan
- SIPRI: Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
- SLBM: submarine-launched ballistic missile
- SSBN: Ship Submersible Ballistic Nuclear
- UNSC: United Nations Security Council
- WMD: Weapons of Mass Destruction
- WTO: World Trade Organization
Series & Lists edit
This book is in Canberra Papers on Strategy and Defence Series. (standard series)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: ANU E Press
Country: Australia
Publication Date: January 2010
ISBN: 9781921666186
Page Count: 103
Publisher: ANU E Press
Country: Australia
Publication Date: January 2010
ISBN: 9781921666186
Page Count: 103
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 327.51
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