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| Note on Chinese Spellings |
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| Prologue |
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Chapter 1 The Singularity of China |
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5 | (28) |
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The Era of Chinese Preeminence |
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8 | (5) |
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13 | (3) |
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Concepts of International Relations: Impartiality or Equality? |
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16 | (6) |
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Chinese Realpolitik and Sun Tzu's Art of War |
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22 | (11) |
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Chapter 2 The Kowtow Question and the Opium War |
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33 | (24) |
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35 | (10) |
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The Clash of Two World Orders: The Opium War |
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45 | (6) |
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Qiying's Diplomacy: Soothing the Barbarians |
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51 | (6) |
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Chapter 3 From Preeminence to Decline |
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57 | (34) |
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Wei Yuan's Blueprint: "Using Barbarians Against Barbarians," Learning Their Techniques |
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60 | (4) |
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The Erosion of Authority: Domestic Upheavals and the Challenge of Foreign Encroachments |
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64 | (5) |
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69 | (8) |
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77 | (3) |
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80 | (6) |
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The Boxer Uprising and the New Era of Warring States |
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86 | (5) |
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Chapter 4 Mao's Continuous Revolution |
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91 | (22) |
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Mao and the Great Harmony |
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92 | (5) |
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Mao and International Relations: The Empty City Stratagem, Chinese Deterrence, and the Quest for Psychological Advantage |
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97 | (9) |
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The Continuous Revolution and the Chinese People |
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106 | (7) |
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Chapter 5 Triangular Diplomacy and the Korean War |
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113 | (35) |
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Acheson and the Lure of Chinese Titoism |
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118 | (4) |
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Kim Il-sung and the Outbreak of War |
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122 | (7) |
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American Intervention: Resisting Aggression |
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129 | (4) |
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Chinese Reactions: Another Approach to Deterrence |
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133 | (10) |
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Sino-American Confrontation |
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143 | (5) |
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Chapter 6 China Confronts Both Superpowers |
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148 | (33) |
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The First Taiwan Strait Crisis |
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151 | (7) |
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Diplomatic Interlude with the United States |
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158 | (3) |
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Mao, Khrushchev, and the Sino-Soviet Split |
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161 | (11) |
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The Second Taiwan Strait Crisis |
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172 | (9) |
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Chapter 7 A Decade of Crises |
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181 | (21) |
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181 | (3) |
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The Himalayan Border Dispute and the 1962 Sino-Indian War |
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184 | (8) |
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192 | (5) |
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Was There a Lost Opportunity? |
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197 | (5) |
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Chapter 8 The Road to Reconciliation |
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202 | (34) |
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201 | (10) |
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211 | (4) |
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First Steps---Clashes at the Ussuri River |
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215 | (21) |
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Chapter 9 Resumption of Relations: First Encounters with Mao and Zhou |
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236 | (39) |
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241 | (14) |
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Nixon in China: The Meeting with Mao |
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255 | (7) |
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262 | (5) |
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267 | (4) |
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271 | (4) |
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Chapter 10 The Quasi-Alliance: Conversations with Mao |
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275 | (19) |
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The "Horizontal Line": Chinese Approaches to Containment |
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277 | (15) |
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292 | (2) |
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Chapter 11 The End of the Mao Era |
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294 | (27) |
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294 | (3) |
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297 | (6) |
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Final Meetings with Mao: The Swallows and the Coming of the Storm |
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303 | (18) |
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Chapter 12 The Indestructible Deng |
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321 | (19) |
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Deng's First Return to Power |
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322 | (5) |
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327 | (2) |
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Deng's Ascendance---"Reform and Opening Up" |
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329 | (11) |
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Chapter 13 "Touching the Tiger's Buttocks": The Third Vietnam War |
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340 | (37) |
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Vietnam: Confounder of Great Powers |
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341 | (7) |
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Deng's Foreign Policy---Dialogue with America and Normalization |
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348 | (8) |
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356 | (4) |
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Deng's Visit to America and the New Definition of Alliance |
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360 | (7) |
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367 | (10) |
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Chapter 14 Reagan and the Advent of Normalcy |
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377 | (31) |
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Taiwan Arms Sales and the Third Communique |
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381 | (6) |
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China and the Superpowers---The New Equilibrium |
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387 | (9) |
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396 | (12) |
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408 | (32) |
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411 | (17) |
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The Fang Lizhi Controversy |
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428 | (9) |
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The 12- and 24-Character Statements |
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437 | (3) |
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Chapter 16 What Kind of Reform? Deng's Southern Tour |
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440 | (7) |
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Chapter 17 A Roller Coaster Ride Toward Another Reconciliation: The Jiang Zemin Era |
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447 | (40) |
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China and the Disintegrating Soviet Union |
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456 | (5) |
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The Clinton Administration and China Policy |
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461 | (10) |
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The Third Taiwan Strait Crisis |
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471 | (7) |
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China's Resurgence and Jiang's Reflections |
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478 | (9) |
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Chapter 18 The New Millennium |
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487 | (44) |
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Differences in Perspective |
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493 | (4) |
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How to Define Strategic Opportunity |
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497 | (6) |
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The National Destiny Debate---The Triumphalist View |
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503 | (5) |
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Dai Bingguo---A Reaffirmation of Peaceful Rise |
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508 | (6) |
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Epilogue: Does History Repeat Itself? The Crowe Memorandum |
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514 | (13) |
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Toward a Pacific Community? |
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527 | (4) |
| Notes |
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531 | (36) |
| Index |
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