China and the Barbarians: Resisting the Western World Order

ISBN-13: 9789087282783 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 464 str.

Henk Schulte Nordholt

Opis

China's development over the centuries has purposely diverged from that of the West in terms of language, philosophy, and history, and for many decades its nationalism created a form of isolationism. In order to maintain its influence the Chinese Communist Party has created the myth that, without the Party, China could not have returned to the world stage and that, without the Party, the -territorial integrity- of the country cannot be restored. But what does this -restored- China look like? To answer, Henk Schulte Nordholt examines how Beijing's regional policy is causing structural tensions between China and most of the countries located in East and Southeast Asia, and also, indirectly, their ally the United States. In China and the Barbarians, Nordholt offers his analysis of the possible trajectory of China's internal political and cultural developments in the coming years.

Spis treści

Contents
Prologue
Introduction
1 The Lofty Classical Order
2 The Century of Humiliation
3 A New Beginning
4 Xi Jinping Has a Dream
5 The Eternal Party
6 An Alternative to the Party?
7 The Experience of History: From Supremacy to Shame
8 Foreign Policy under Mao and Deng: From Rebellion to Harmony
9 The New Nationalism
10 The Party on a Dead-End Street
11 The Third Way
12 The World of the Great Harmony
Epilogue
Notes
Acknowledgements
Works Consulted
Index of Persons
Chinese Dynasties and Chairmen of the People’s Republic of China