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The China Challenge

Shaping the Choices of a Rising Power

by Thomas J. Christensen
Alan Sklar
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This compelling assessment of U. S.-China relations is essential reading for anyone interested in the future of the globalized world. Many see China's rise as a threat to the U. S. leadership in Asia and beyond. Thomas J. Christensen argues instead that the real challenge lies in dissuading China from regional aggression while eliciting its global cooperation. Drawing on decades of scholarship and experience as a senior diplomat, Christensen offers a deep perspective on China's military and economic capacity. Assessing China's political outlook and strategic goals, Christensen shows how nationalism and the threat of domestic instability influence the party's decisions about regional global affairs. If China obstructs international efforts to confront nuclear proliferation, civil conflicts, financial instability, and climate change, those efforts will likely fail; but if China merely declines to support such efforts, the problems will grow vastly more complicated. Articulating a balanced strategic approach along with perceptive historical analysis, Christensen describes how we might shape China's choices in the coming decades so that it contributes to the international system from which in benefits so much.

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    June 8, 2015

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      • ISBN: 9781622317608
      • File size: 451048 KB
      • Duration: 15:39:40

  • Languages

    • English

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    • AudioFile Magazine
      Many Americans mistrust China's rise to global power. Christensen offers detailed explanations of how Chinese perceptions of international and domestic events drive the nation's responses to world affairs. Alan Sklar's rich narration adds a tone of authority to this somber examination by a veteran State Department official and noted academic. While initially Sklar sounds flat with little expression, his delivery gains momentum, ultimately lending further weight to the material with his professorial tone. Christensen contends that U.S.-China relations are not a zero-sum game but rather a delicate balance that requires a strong U.S. presence in Asia, along with proactive diplomacy. M.L.R. © AudioFile 2015, Portland, Maine

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