Modern China and the New World (eBook)

The Reemergence of the Middle Kingdom in the 21st Century

Zhang Boshu, Randall Doyle (Autoren)

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2011
186 Seiten
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-0-7391-7188-2 (ISBN)

Infos

Randall Doyle and Boshu Zhang have grappled with several of the most important issues relating to the rise of modern China at the beginning of a new millennium in their new book, Modern China and the New World: The Reemergence of the Middle Kingdom in the 21st Century. Topics such as geopolitical influence, U.S.-China relations, the continued role of Henry Kissinger, the Tibet question, and the transformation of the Chinese political system are addressed in this insightful and knowledgeable work.

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Modern China and the New World focuses upon a few of the main topics associated with Chinas recent rise to global prominence. Professor Randall Doyle writes about the impact that China will have on the geopolitical balance throughout the Asia-Pacific region. He also touches upon the effect that Chinas new power will have on U.S.-China relations in the 21st century. Finally, Professor Doyle writes about the continued role and influence that Dr. Henry Kissinger has upon interpreting and guiding modern U.S. policy concerning China, the Asia- Pacific region and Americas role in global affairs in the 21st century.Professor Boshu Zhang writes about Chinas continuing struggles with Tibet and the Dalai Lama. This topic has remained extremely sensitive for the Chinese leadership. He addresses the difficulties and contraditions existing within the Chinese Communist Party on the issue of Tibetan autonomy. Finally, Professor Zhang writes about the existing political system within China today. And, the future possibility of some democratic reforms occuring and transforming Chinese society itself. However, Zhang does indicate that the democratic process in China will be facing several domestic challenges and roadblocks along the way toward achieving a political reformation.Professors Randall Doyle and Boshu Zhang have addressed these extremely important topics within their respective chapters by incorporating not just tradtional reading and research of their chosen subjects, but by also intergrating their personal experiences from living and traveling within China.

Autor

Professor Randall Doyle is currently a Franklin Fellow at the U.S. Department of State. His primary focus is upon democracy, human rights and labor throughout Southeast Asia. This prestigious merit-based fellowship program was created by the U.S. State Department, in 2008, to recruit individuals with significant and successful backgrounds involving various aspects of American foreign policy. Professor Doyle taught East Asian History, Asia-Pacific History, Modern China and American Diplomatic History at Central Michigan University from 2006 to 2011. Dr. Doyle has lived, studied and/or worked in Asia, Australia, Europe and North America during his academic career.Zhang Boshu was born in Beijing in 1955. He received an MA in economics from Zhongguo Renmin Daxue in 1982 and in 1985 passed the entrance examination for the Institute of Philosophy of the graduate school of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. His research has been on critical theory in continental Europe in modern western philosophy. He obtained MA and PhD degrees in philosophy in 1988 and 1991. He has held a post in the Philosophy Institute of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences from 1991 to the present. In recent years he has striven to understand the lessons of success and failure in the history of the past century of China’s democratic transition and institutional modernization. He has gradually settled upon criticism of 20th Century Chinese despotism as his main research topic.

Inhalt

IntroductionPart I: New Geopolitical Dynamics in East Asia and Asia-PacificChapter 1: The New ‘Great Game’ Emerging in East Asia: The Coming Struggle for Regional Supremacy, by Randall DoyleChapter 2: The Asia-Pacific Region: ‘The Geographical Pivot of History’ in the 21st Century, by Randall DoyleChapter 3: The American Mandarin: Henry Kissinger and the Reemergence of China, by Randall DoylePart II: The Middle Kingdom and Domestic ChallengesChapter 4: China’s Constitutional Reform: The Background, The Goal, The Procedures and The Constraints, by Boshu ZhangChapter 5: The Way to Resolve the Tibet Issue, by Boshu Zhang

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 16.12.2011
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Sammeln / Sammlerkataloge
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Zeitgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Schlagworte: Asia • Asian Politics • Asian Studies • International Politics • International Relations • International Studies • Political Science
• ISBN-10: 0-7391-7188-7 / 0739171887
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7391-7188-2 / 9780739171882