An Analysis Of David C Kang S China Rising

Author : Matteo Dian,Jason Xidias
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351352079

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China Rising by Matteo Dian,Jason Xidias Pdf

David C. Kang’s China Rising is a fine example of an author making use of creative thinking skills to reach a conclusion that flies in the face of traditional thinking. The conventional view that the book opposed, known in international relations as ‘realism,’ was that the rise of any new global power results in global or regional instability. As such, China’s development as a world economic powerhouse worried mainstream western geopolitical scholars, whose concerns were based on the realist assumption that individual countries will inevitably compete for dominance. Evaluating these arguments, and finding both their relevance and adequacy wanting, Kang instead turned traditional thinking on its head by looking at Asian history without preconceptions, and with analytical open-mindedness. Producing several novel explanations for existing evidence, Kang concludes that China’s neighbors do not want to compete with it in the way that realist interpretations predict. Rather than creating instability by jockeying for position, he argues, surrounding countries are happy for China to be acknowledged as a leader, believing that its dominant position will stabilize Asia, and give the whole region more of a hand in international relations. ¶Though critics have taken issue with Kang’s conclusions, his paradigm-shifting approach is nevertheless an excellent example of developing fresh new conclusions through creative thinking.

Author : Matteo Dian,Jason Xidias
Publisher : Macat Library
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2017-07-15
Category : China
ISBN : 1912303310

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China Rising by Matteo Dian,Jason Xidias Pdf

A critical analysis of David C. Kang's China Rising, which is a fine example of an author making use of creative thinking skills to reach a conclusion that flies in the face of traditional thinking. Kang turned traditional thinking on its head by looking at Asian history without preconceptions, and with analytical open-mindedness.

Author : David C. Kang
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2010-01-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780231141895

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China Rising by David C. Kang Pdf

Over the past three decades, China has rapidly emerged as a major regional power, yet East Asia has been more peaceful than at any time since the Opium Wars of 1839-1841. Why has the region accommodated China's rise? David C. Kang believes certain preferences and beliefs are responsible for maintaining stability in East Asia. His research shows that East Asian states have grown closer to China, with little evidence that the region is rupturing. These states see China's rise as advantageous and are willing to defer judgment as to China's wishes and future actions. They believe that a strong China stabilizes East Asia, while a weak China tempts other states to seek control of the region. Kang's provocative work reveals the flaws in contemporary views on China and offers a new understanding of sound U.S. policy in East Asia.

Author : David Kang
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780231153195

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East Asia Before the West by David Kang Pdf

From the founding of the Ming dynasty in 1368 to the start of the Opium Wars in 1841, China has engaged in only two large-scale conflicts with its principal neighbors, Korea, Vietnam, and Japan. These four territorial and centralized states have otherwise fostered peaceful and long-lasting relationships with one another, and as they have grown more powerful, the atmosphere around them has stabilized. Focusing on the role of the "tribute system" in maintaining stability in East Asia and fostering diplomatic and commercial exchange, Kang contrasts this history against the example of Europe and the East Asian states' skirmishes with nomadic peoples to the north and west. Scholars tend to view Europe's experience as universal, but Kang upends this tradition, emphasizing East Asia's formal hierarchy as an international system with its own history and character. His approach not only recasts common understandings of East Asian relations but also defines a model that applies to other hegemonies outside of the European order.

Author : Ashley J. Tellis,Travis Tanner,Jessica Keough
Publisher : NBR
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : History
ISBN : 9780981890425

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Strategic Asia 2011-12: Asia Responds to Its Rising Powers by Ashley J. Tellis,Travis Tanner,Jessica Keough Pdf

Author : Xiaoming Huang
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2019-12-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781350311336

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International Relations of East Asia by Xiaoming Huang Pdf

East Asia's rapidly changing role in international security, the global economy, development and global governance are expertly accounted for in this much-needed, state-of-the-art text. Xiaoming Huang offers an engaging and informed account of the key concepts, issues and actors working in this area. Ranging from the region's history, to culture and a comparative assessment of the region's states, this text is informed throughout by a compelling theoretical framework. In so doing, it unpicks the often complex relationships both at the domestic level and externally. Only with this understanding is it possible to make sense of the region's complex relationships both internally and externally. Structured around key concepts in international relations of war and peace, economic development and increased contemporary security threats, this text offers an empirically-rich, engaging account of the changing fortunes of East Asia.

Author : Jinghao Zhou
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2022-09-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783031094132

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Great Power Competition as the New Normal of China–US Relations by Jinghao Zhou Pdf

Will China–U.S. relations come back to the normal track? Does the confrontational approach work for China–US relations? This book argues that it is an unrealistic hope to bring China–US relations back to the so-called normal track because the great power competition will be a new normal of China–US relations and the USA will gain more from strategic competition than cooperation in the long run. This book shows that the strategy of “great power cooperation through competition” is more positive and constructive than the approaches of “peaceful coexist” and “maximum pressure.” This book does not intend to provide policy recommendations for governments to consider, but mainly to explain why the great power competition is inevitable and why it is necessary to continuously work with China in some areas through strategic competition. This book alarms the importance of understanding the nature of the Chinese Communist Party during the great power competition and aims to motivate both sides to revisit their foreign policy practice and come up with a better foreign policy strategy of handling China–US relations.

Author : Tse-Kang Leng,Rumi Aoyama
Publisher : Springer
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2018-05-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789811082887

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Decoding the Rise of China by Tse-Kang Leng,Rumi Aoyama Pdf

This edited collection provides a synthetic analysis of the rise of contemporary China and its impact on the current global system from a range of Asian and Western perspectives. Highlighting Taiwanese and Japanese viewpoints, the book considers a macro, integrated vision of the rise of China and examines the vital cultural factors which link domestic politics and foreign policy in the Sino-Japanese relationship. The book addresses key policy matters, such as the internationalization of the Chinese currency and Arctic diplomacy, and provides a key reference on contemporary Chinese foreign policy and the Sino-Japanese relationship for students, academics experts and policy makers in the field of Area Studies, History and International Relations.

Author : Steve Chan,Huiyun Feng,Kai He,Weixing Hu
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2021-06-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780197580325

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Contesting Revisionism by Steve Chan,Huiyun Feng,Kai He,Weixing Hu Pdf

How can we know a country, such as the United States or China, is revisionist, that is, whether it intends to upset the international order? What motivates states to act the way they do? Contesting Revisionism focuses on a particular kind of motivation inclining a state to challenge the existing norms, rules, and institutions of international order: revisionism. The authors offer a critique of the existing discourse on revisionism and investigate the origin and evolution of the foreign policy orientations of revisionist states in the past. Furthermore, they introduce an ensemble of indicators to discern and compare the extent of revisionist tendencies on the part of contemporary China and the United States. Questioning the facile assumption that past episodes will repeat in the future, they argue that "hard" revisionism relying on war and conquest is less viable and likely in today's world. Instead, "soft" revisionism seeking to promote institutional change is more relevant and likely. Focusing on contemporary Sino-American relations, they conclude that much of the current discourse based on power transition theory is problematic. A dominant power is not inevitably committed to the defense of international order, nor does a rising power always have a revisionist agenda to challenge this order. The transformation of international order does not necessarily require a power transition between China and the US., nor does a possible power transition necessarily augur war. After developing the concept of revisionism both theoretically and empirically, they conclude with a series of policy recommendations for enhancing international stability and diminishing tension in Sino-American relations.

Author : Vinod K. Aggarwal,Sara A. Newland
Publisher : Springer
Page : 179 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2014-10-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783319100340

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Responding to China’s Rise by Vinod K. Aggarwal,Sara A. Newland Pdf

In this edited volume, a set of issue and country experts tackle questions regarding China’s current rise to power within the current international economic and political order. The current international system is governed by a “Western” conception of order and based on the primacy of post–World War II rules, drawn from liberal models of capitalism and democracy practiced in the US and in Western Europe. In this context, the most important and most uncertain questions facing the West over the next decade concern how the EU and the US will respond to China’s rapid growth. Will the transatlantic relationship hold and become stronger, faced with this new economic and geopolitical challenge? Or will the US and the EU—an increasingly prominent global player—compete for economic and political advantage? After a brief introduction laying out the circumstances of China’s economic and political rise and the challenges that this poses to the existing international order, the book proceeds in three sections. The first section provides competing theoretical perspectives on China’s rise in a historical context. The second section provides a distinctly Chinese perspective on China’s current rise. The third section looks at responses from the United States and the European Union, focusing on both economic and security issues as well as the implications of China’s rise for US-EU relations. This book is relevant to both scholars and policymakers concerned with Chinese domestic politics and foreign policy, US foreign policy, EU foreign policy, China-US relations, China-EU relations, international security, international political economy and emerging markets.

Author : Enze Han
Publisher : ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute
Page : 27 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2021-01-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789814951340

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Non-State Chinese Actors and Their Impact on Relations between China and Mainland Southeast Asia by Enze Han Pdf

International relations scholarship and the popular media tend to portray China as a great power with hegemonic designs for Southeast Asia. Moreover, studies on Chinese influence in Southeast Asia predominantly focus on the Chinese state. This paper argues that Chinese non-state actors and their daily encounters with local communities in Southeast Asia deserve equal attention as these interactions evidently produce friction at both the society-to-state and state-to-state levels. The influence of Chinese non-state actors in Southeast Asia can be illustrated with three examples, namely, Chinese tourism operations in Thailand, Chinese market demand and agricultural transformations in Myanmar, and Chinese gangs within the casino economy in Cambodia. Thailand has recently become a top tourist destination for Chinese nationals. This has cultural implications as those involved in the tourism industry need to have Chinese language skills. The economic implications include increased competition and decreased accountability as Chinese tour companies have set up in Thailand using Thai locals as nominees. Bilateral relations also soured after a boat carrying Chinese tourists capsized in Thailand. As global prices of corn rose in 2011 and 2012, areas in Myanmar close to the Chinese border have increased corn cultivation to meet Chinese demands for that crop. This has led to deforestation in these areas. Chinese gangsters fleeing their government’s crackdown in China have settled down to operate in the casino economy in Cambodia. Consequentially, there has been a rise in crime rate involving online scams and deteriorating public security. Despite the Chinese government encouraging the Cambodian government to enforce a ban on online gambling, the actions of non-state actors from China continue to be associated with the Chinese state as a whole and there is rising resentment towards the Chinese in Cambodia. The COVID-19 pandemic has temporarily halted cross-border trade between China and mainland Southeast Asia. This has negatively affected local farmers who are dependent on the Chinese market.

Author : Chin-Hao Huang,David C. Kang
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2022-08-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1009096311

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State Formation through Emulation by Chin-Hao Huang,David C. Kang Pdf

Neither war nor preparations for war were the cause or effect of state formation in East Asia. Instead, emulation of China-the hegemon with a civilizational influence-drove the rapid formation of centralized, bureaucratically administered, territorial governments in Korea, Japan, and Vietnam. Furthermore, these countries engaged in state-building not to engage in conflict or to suppress revolt. In fact, war was relatively rare and there was no balance of power system with regular existential threats-the longevity of the East Asian dynasties is evidence of both the peacefulness of their neighborhood and their internal stability. We challenge the assumption that the European experience with war and state-making was universal. More importantly, we broaden the scope of state formation in East Asia beyond the study of China itself and show how countries in the region interacted and learned from each other and China to develop strong capacities and stable borders.

Author : Lee Jones,Shahar Hameiri
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2021-10-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781316517796

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Fractured China by Lee Jones,Shahar Hameiri Pdf

Explains how state transformation processes-the fragmentation, decentralisation and internationalisation of China's party-state-shape China's external relations.

Author : Ismael Puga,Robert Easthope
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 83 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781351353458

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An Analysis of C. Wright Mills's The Sociological Imagination by Ismael Puga,Robert Easthope Pdf

C. Wright Mills’s 1959 book The Sociological Imagination is widely regarded as one of the most influential works of post-war sociology. At its heart, the work is a closely reasoned argument about the nature and aims of sociology, one that sets out a manifesto and roadmap for the field. Its wide acceptance and popular reception is a clear demonstration of the rhetorical power of Wright’s strong reasoning skills. In critical thinking, reasoning involves the creation of an argument that is strong, balanced, and, of course, persuasive. In Mills’s case, this core argument makes a case for what he terms the “sociological imagination”, a particular quality of mind capable of analyzing how individual lives fit into, and interact with, social structures. Only by adopting such an approach, Mills argues, can sociologists see the private troubles of individuals as the social issues they really are. Allied to this central argument are supporting arguments for the need for sociology to maintain its independence from corporations and governments, and for social scientists to steer away from ‘high theory’ and focus on the real difficulties of everyday life. Carefully organized, watertight and persuasive, The Sociological Imagination exemplifies reasoned argument at its best.

Author : David C. Kang
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2017-10-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781107167230

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American Grand Strategy and East Asian Security in the 21st Century by David C. Kang Pdf

David C. Kang tells an often overlooked story about East Asia's 'comprehensive security', arguing that American policy towards Asia should be based on economic and diplomatic initiatives rather than military strength.