EBOOK China Goes Global:The Partial Power
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The Partial Power
Eminent China scholar David Shambaugh&'s China Goes Global is the sweeping synthesis of that nation&'s growing prominence on the world stage that we have been waiting for. Thirty years ago, China&'s role in global affairs beyond its immediate East Asian periphery was decidedly minor. Its military was extremely weak, and it had little geostrategic power. As Shambaugh charts, though, China&'s expanding economic power has allowed it extend its reach and influence virtually everywhere. After establishing the main precondition--the astounding growth of the Chinese economy--Shambaugh turns his focus to the manifestations of China&'s global ambitions: its growing military power, characterized best by its current pursuit of a blue-water navy; its increasing cultural influence (i.e., "e;soft power"e;); and its new prominence in global governance institutions like the G-20. He is no alarmist, however. Rather, he will draw on his extremely deep knowledge of the subject to offer a balanced and well reasoned account of where China is now and where he thinks it is headed.
Eminent China scholar David Shambaugh&'s China Goes Global is the sweeping synthesis of that nation&'s growing prominence on the world stage that we have been waiting for. Thirty years ago, China&'s role in global affairs beyond its immediate East Asian periphery was decidedly minor. Its military was extremely weak, and it had little geostrategic power. As Shambaugh charts, though, China&'s expanding economic power has allowed it extend its reach and influence virtually everywhere. After establishing the main precondition--the astounding growth of the Chinese economy--Shambaugh turns his focus to the manifestations of China&'s global ambitions: its growing military power, characterized best by its current pursuit of a blue-water navy; its increasing cultural influence (i.e., "e;soft power"e;); and its new prominence in global governance institutions like the G-20. He is no alarmist, however. Rather, he will draw on his extremely deep knowledge of the subject to offer a balanced and well reasoned account of where China is now and where he thinks it is headed.