China: The Pessoptimist Nation

by William A. Callahan

Book Overview

The rise of China presents a long-term challenge to the world not only economically, but politically and culturally. Callahan meets this challenge in China: The Pessoptimist Nation by using new Chinese sources and innovative analysis to see how Chinese people understand their new place in the world. The heart of Chinese foreign policy is not a security dilemma, but an identity dilemma. Chinese identity emerges through the interplay of positive and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199549958
• ISBN13: 9780199549955
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 9.3" x 6.2"