The Pragmatic Dragon: China's Grand Strategy and Boundary Settlements

by Eric Hyer

China shares borders and asserts vast maritime claims with over a dozen countries, and it has had boundary disputes with nearly all of them. Yet in the 1960s, when tensions were escalating with the Soviet Union, India, and the United States, China moved to conclude boundary agreements with these neighbours peacefully. In this wide-ranging study of China's boundary disputes and settlements, Eric Hyer finds China's behaviour was strategic and even demonstrated...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0774826363
• ISBN13: 9780774826365
• Release Date: July 2015
• Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
• Length: 372 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.8"