{"product_id":"everything-under-the-heavens-how-the-past-helps-shape-chinas-push-for-global-power-howard-w-french","title":"Everything Under the Heavens: How the Past Helps Shape China's Push for Global Power Howard W. French","description":"\u003cspan class=\"Formatted\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFrom the former \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Asia correspondent and author of \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eChina's Second Continent, \u003c\/i\u003ean incisive investigation of China's ideological development as it becomes an ever more aggressive player in regional and global diplomacy.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFor many years after its reform and opening in 1978, China maintained an attitude of false modesty about its ambitions. That role, reports Howard French, has been set aside. China has asserted its place among the global heavyweights, revealing its plans for pan-Asian dominance by building its navy, increasing territorial claims to areas like the South China Sea, and diplomatically bullying smaller players. Underlying this attitude is a strain of thinking that casts China's present-day actions in decidedly historical terms, as the path to restoring the dynastic glory of the past. If we understand how that historical identity relates to current actions, in ways ideological, philosophical, and even legal, we can learn to forecast just what kind of global power China stands to become--and to interact wisely with a future peer.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSteeped in deeply researched history as well as on-the-ground reporting, this is French at his revelatory best.\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Ex Libris Used Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43908342579427,"sku":"EXL1091","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/5675\/7951\/files\/30780221.jpg?v=1688936511","url":"https:\/\/www.exlibrismichigan.com\/products\/everything-under-the-heavens-how-the-past-helps-shape-chinas-push-for-global-power-howard-w-french","provider":"Ex Libris Used Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}