The rise of China presents a long-term challenge to the world not
only economically, but politically and culturally. Callahan meets
this challenge in China: The Pessoptimist Nation by using new
Chinese sources and innovative analysis to see how Chinese people
understand their new place in the world. To chart the trajectory of
its rise, the book shifts from examining China's national interests
to exploring its national aesthetic. Rather than answering the
standard social science question "what is China?" with statistics
of economic and military power, this book asks "when, where, and
who is China?" to explore the soft power dynamics of China's
identity politics. China: The Pessoptimist Nation shows how the
heart of Chinese foreign policy is not a security dilemma, but an
identity dilemma. Through careful analysis, Callahan charts how
Chinese identity emerges through the interplay of positive and
negative feelings in a dynamic that intertwines China's domestic
and international politics. China thus is the pessoptimist nation
where national security is closely linked to nationalist
insecurities. Callahan concludes that this interactive view of
China's pessoptimist identity means that we need to rethink the
role of the state and public opinion in Beijing's foreign
policy-making.
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