Understanding China: Dangerous ResentmentsThe United States has been the worlds dominant super power for the last 70 years. It sets the rules for international relations and seeks to maintain the status quo. That situation is changing. China is expected to equal the United States in power within two decades, and relations between the two have become increasingly confrontational. American policy makers need to understand Chinese attitudes formed during 4,000 years of their history--as leaders of civilization until 1800--and then as impotent objects of exploitation and derision for the next 100 years. The Chinese have strong resentments against the nations of the West, resentments that pose a danger of future conflict unless American policy makers understand and attempt to mitigate them. Any evaluation of Chinas future actions that omits its long history treats relations between the two countries as mere questions of economic tensions, military power, and super-power ambitions. While these factors are important, so also is cultural memory. This book presents a concise but complete overview of Chinese history up to 2014 and indicates crucial lessons that should be drawn in order to facilitate peaceful trade and cooperation. |
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Understanding China: Dangerous Resentments George Bache Du Bois,Ph. D. George Du Bois No preview available - 2014 |
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19th century agricultural army became began Beijing British Buddhism capital cent central China Chinese civilization Chinese history cities Communists Confucian civilization Confucius corruption crops Cultural Revolution Daoism death Deng Xiaoping developed doctrine early economic Emperor established farming feudal foreign Guangzhou Han Wudi imperial important increased industrial James Legge James Legge translator Japan Japanese Jiang Kang labor land later leaders Li Hongzhang Literati Manchuria Manchus Mao Zedong Mao’s Mencius merchants military million Ming modern Mongols Nationalists nations nomads North Korea officials one-child policy opium peasants period political population problem production provinces Qing rebellion reforms rule ruler rural scholars Shang Shi Huangdi social society Song dynasty south China Soviet Sun Yatsen Taiping Taiwan Tang Tang dynasty thousands throne trade treaty troops United Wang Wang Anshi warlords West Western Wudi Xiongnu Yongle emperor Yuan Zhang Zhao Zheng Zhou