4 Power of the Past over the Present: The Imperial Glory versus the Century of Humiliation

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Abbreviations vii
4. Introduction: Dynamics of Chinese Foreign Policy: Leaders Matter 1
5. Part One: Setting Foreign Policy Priorities
6. 1 Mao Zedong’s Revolutionary Diplomacy: Keeping the Wolves from the Door 23
7. 2 Deng Xiaoping’s Developmental Diplomacy: Biding for China’s Time 50
8. 3 Xi Jinping’s Big Power Diplomacy: Showing China’s Sword 78
9. Part Two: Shaping Ideational and Institutional Conditions
10. 4 Power of the Past over the Present: The Imperial Glory versus the Century of Humiliation 115
11. 5 Defining China’s National Interests: State versus Popular Nationalism 143
12. 6 The Party-State Hierarchy: Paramount Leaders versus Institutions 174
13. Part Three: Exploiting External Environment
14. 7 Searching for China’s Place in the Sun: International Distribution of Power 203
15. 8 From Revolutionary State to Revisionist Stakeholder: The World Order and Globalization 232
16. Conclusion: The Mandate of Heaven? China’s Quest and Peril 262
17. Notes 271
18. Index 331