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China Looks at the West - Identity, Global Ambitions, and the Future of Sino-American Relations (Hardcover)
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China Looks at the West - Identity, Global Ambitions, and the Future of Sino-American Relations (Hardcover)
Series: Asia in the New Millennium
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Chinese leaders have long been fascinated by the United States, but
have often chosen to demonize America for perceived cultural and
military imperialism. Especially under Communist rule, Chinese
leaders have crafted and re-crafted portrayals of the United States
according to the needs of their own agenda and the regime's
self-image -- often seeing America as an antagonist and foil, but
sometimes playing it up as a model. In China Looks at the West,
Christopher A. Ford investigates what these depictions reveal about
internal Chinese politics and Beijing's ambitions in the world
today. In particular, Ford emphasizes the importance of China's
"return" to global preeminence in state images, which has become an
essential concept in the regime's self-image and legitimacy. He
also examines the history of Chinese intellectual engagement with
America, surveying the ways in which Chinese elites have
manipulated attitudes toward the United States, and revealing how
leaders from Qing dynasty officials to Mao Zedong and from to Hu
Jintao to Xi Jinping have altered and reconstructed this narrative
to support their own political agendas. Ford concludes the volume
with a series of scenario-based alternatives for how China's
approaches to understanding itself and other nations may evolve in
the future. Based on extensive research, including interviews with
Chinese scholars and researchers, this groundbreaking study is
essential reading for policymakers and readers seeking to
understand current and future Sino-American relations.
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