Callahan, William 
ORCID: 0000-0001-6103-0586
(2010)
China: the pessoptimist nation.
Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK.
ISBN 9780199604395
Abstract
The rise of China presents a long‐term challenge to the world not only economically, but also 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. The heart of Chinese foreign policy is not a security dilemma, but an identity dilemma. Chinese identity emerges through the interplay of positive and negative feelings: China thus is the pessoptimist nation. This positive–negative dynamic intertwines China's domestic and international politic ...
| Item Type: | Book |
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| Official URL: | http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/ |
| Additional Information: | © 2010 The Author |
| Divisions: | International Relations |
| Subjects: | J Political Science > JA Political science (General) |
| Date Deposited: | 27 Sep 2013 08:49 |
| Last Modified: | 12 Dec 2024 05:26 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/50454 |
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