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Fear of Chinese Power

An International History

Häftad, Engelska, 2024

AvJeffrey Crean,Thomas Zeiler

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The real and potential power of China, the world’s most populous nation, has long been seen as a threat by its smaller neighbors and global powers alike. The Fear of Chinese Power provides a history of this perceived threat from the 1880s to the present day, and offers rich historical context to an enduring and current concern. Focusing on the United States, but also exploring perceptions from Britain, Germany, the Soviet Union and Japan, this book asks why these fears exist and shows how they have played out on both a strategic, diplomatic level, and in the public sphere. Taking a chronological approach, the chapters explore themes such as western opposition to Chinese immigration, international views of China’s new republic, hopes of friendship during the rule of Chiang Kai-Shek, the Korean and Cold Wars, Communist China’s economic growth, the Chinese in popular culture and China as a modern global power. Taking economic, military and cultural vantage points into account, The Fear of Chinese Power explains why a powerful China has been a mainstay of the western imagination since the 19th century, and reveals a history which has shaped international perceptions of China to the present day.

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Utgivningsdatum2024-01-11
Mått156 x 232 x 14 mm
Vikt410 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieNew Approaches to International History
Antal sidor264
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN9781350233942

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Jeffrey Crean is a Professor of History at Tyler Junior College, USA, where he teaches courses in America, European, and World History. His work has appeared in the edited volumes Peace, War, and Partnership: Congress and the Military since World War II and The Vietnam War in Popular Culture: The Influence of America’s Most Controversial War on Everyday Life. He has published articles in the Journal of American-East Asian Relations, Diplomacy & Statecraft, and War and Society. The Fear of Chinese Power is his first book.

Introduction: Let Him Sleep1. The Birth of the Yellow Peril during the late Qing Empire2. Opposition in the Americas to Chinese Immigration3. Warlords and Fu Manchu: Views of China’s New Republic4. Hopes and Fears during the Rule of Chiang Kai-shek5. The Korean War: China Stands Up6. Fears of Chinese Military Power7. Predictions of Chinese Economic Power8. Representations of Chinese in Popular Culture9. China Ends its Isolation10. A “Peaceful Rise” under Deng Xiaoping11. When He Wakes: From the Beijing Olympics to “Wolf Warrior” DiplomacyConclusion: Feeling the Dragon’s Breath

The coverage in this work of historical synthesis is wide-ranging, building on existing scholarship and revealing new details... The three reviewers in this roundtable, praise the book’s readability and coverage of American perceptions. The participants in this roundtable all agree that he has offered a timely overview that will help students and general readers alike understand how we got to where we are today.

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