The advantages of an assertive China : responding to Beijing's abrasive diplomacy /

CHRISTENSEN Thomas J

The advantages of an assertive China : responding to Beijing's abrasive diplomacy / Thomas J. Christensen. - 2011

Argues that China's recent "counterproductive policies toward its neighbors and the United States are better understood as reactive and conservative rather than assertive and innovative", and that this change is due to both domestic and foreign concerns. Also argues that a more assertive China is something Washington should welcome.


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UNITED STATES--FOREIGN RELATIONS--CHINA
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