Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

30 years ago, the idea that China could challenge the US economically, globally, and militarily seemed unfathomable. Yet today, China is considered another great power in the international system. How did China manage to build power, from a weaker resource position, in an international system that was dominated by the US? What factors determined the strategies Beijing pursued to achieve this feat? Using elite interviews, granular data, and authoritative Chinese sources, Oriana Skylar Mastro demonstrates that China was able to climb to great power status through a careful mix of strategic emulation, exploitation, and entrepreneurship on the international stage. This 'upstart approach' - determined by where and how China chose to compete - allowed China to rise economically, politically, and militarily, without triggering a catastrophic international backlash that would stem its rise.

Great powers --- World politics --- History --- China --- Foreign relations --- Foreign economic relations. --- Military policy. --- international relations, China, grand strategy, foreign policy, great power competition, national security, East Asia, global politics, US-China relations, war --- Politics and Government. --- Politics & government. --- Economic policy.

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

This open access book aims to help readers make sense of our changing world by sharing the views of global thought leaders on some of the most important issues of our time, from US-China relations and global governance to climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic. The ten dialogues in this book were part of the “China and the World” series of online discussions hosted by the Center for China and Globalization (CCG). The series features CCG President Huiyao Wang in conversation with experts from a range of fields, from renowned scholars of international relations, economics, and history, to journalists, policymakers, and business leaders. The speakers featured in this book are Graham Allison, David Blair, Kerry Brown, Anne Case, Li Chen, Wendy Cutler, Angus Deaton, Thomas L. Friedman, Valerie Hansen, Pascal Lamy, Kishore Mahbubani, Joseph S. Nye Jr., Adam Posen, J. Stapleton Roy, John L. Thornton, Huiyao Wang, Martin Wolf, and Zhu Guangyao. These wide-ranging discussions offer unique insights and perspectives on key trends shaping our world in the 21st century. These include the rise of China and shifts in geopolitics, as well as the evolving nature of globalization, transnational threats, and multilateralism. Huiyao Wang is the founder and President of CCG, a former Counselor of the State Council of China and Dean of the Institute of Development Studies of Southwestern University of Finance and Economics of China. Lu Miao is Secretary-General of CCG, a Young Leader for Munich Security Conference Young Leader(MSC), and the Deputy Director-General of the International Writing Center of Beijing Normal University.

International relations. --- International trade. --- International economic integration. --- Globalization. --- International Relations. --- International Trade. --- Economic Aspects of Globalization. --- Global cities --- Globalisation --- Internationalization --- International relations --- Anti-globalization movement --- Common markets --- Economic integration, International --- Economic union --- Integration, International economic --- Markets, Common --- Union, Economic --- International economic relations --- External trade --- Foreign commerce --- Foreign trade --- Global commerce --- Global trade --- Trade, International --- World trade --- Commerce --- Non-traded goods --- Coexistence --- Foreign affairs --- Foreign policy --- Foreign relations --- Global governance --- Interdependence of nations --- International affairs --- Peaceful coexistence --- World order --- National security --- Sovereignty --- World politics --- US-China relations --- Climate change --- international relations --- globalization --- diplomacy