China threat : perceptions, myths and reality / / Herbert S. Yee

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910814484403321
• Autore: Yee Herbert S
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London, : Routledge, 2002
• ISBN: 1-135-78646-1; 1-135-78647-X; 1-280-06459-5; 0-203-64279-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (359 p.)
• Disciplina: 327.51; 327.51009051
• Soggetti: International relations; China Foreign relations
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical notes and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgments; Contributors; Abbreviations; Tables; Introduction; Chinese Perspectives of the China Threat: Myth or Reality?; American Perceptions of Chinese Military Power; Reflecting Mirrors across the Taiwan Straits: American Perspectives on a China Threat; Russian Perceptions of the China Threat; The China Threat--A European Perspective; Changing British Perceptions of the China Threat, 1945-2000; The Japanese Assessment of the 'China Threat'; South Korea and a Rising China: Perceptions, Policies and Prospects; Indonesia's Perceptions of China: The Domestic Bases of Persistent AmbiguitySingapore and the Rise of China: Perceptions and Policy; Malaysian Perceptions of China: From Hostility to Cordiality; Perceptions of a China Threat: A Philippine Perspective; Vietnamese Perspectives of the 'China Threat'; The China Threat: A View from India; The China Threat: A View from Pakistan; Much Ado about Nothing: Middle Eastern Perceptions of the 'China Threat'; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This book examines perceptions of the 'China Threat', and governments' policies in response to this perceived threat in a wide range of countries, including the United States, Russia, Europe, Japan, ; South Korea, Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines, Vietnam, India, Pakistan, and countries in the Middle East. Perceptions of the Chinese themselves are also looked at, the current security concerns and policies of each country are examined in detail, especially the policy of engagement, and future prospects for relations with China are assessed.