The Coming Conflict with China

by BERNSTEIN, RICHARDMUNRO, ROSS H.

• ISBN13: 9780679776628
• ISBN10: 0679776621
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 1998-02-03
• Publisher: Vintage

Summary

From two former Beijing bureau chiefs with long experience in Asian affairs comes a clear-eyed and uncompromising look at the potentially disastrous collision course now taking shape in U.S.-China relations. Aggressively anti-American, China has nuclear weapons deliberately targeted at the United States. Recent confrontations between Chinese and American military forces indicate that China may try to take Taiwan by force. While our trade deficit rises to unprecedented heights, the powerful new china lobby shapes U.S. policy with the support of American businesses eager for a share of its booming markets.The Coming Conflict with Chinais required reading for those who wish to understand the tense global rivalry that is already shaping the course of the 21st century. "Plunges harpoons into the tenderest interstices of the Chinese-American relationship."--New York Times "Disturbing and provocative...There is plenty to worry about."--Wall Street Journal

Author Biography

Richard Bernstein has been a reporter, culture critic, and commentator for more than 30 years. He was a foreign correspondent in Asia and Europe for Time magazine and The New York Times, and was the first Beijing bureau chief for Time. He is the author of many books on Chinese and Asian themes, among them The Coming Conflict with China and Ultimate Journey, the latter of which was a New York Times Best Book of the Year. He is also the author of Out of the Blue: A Narrative of September 11, 2001, which was named by The Boston Globe as one of the seven best books of 2002. He lives in New York.

Writer and scholar, Ross H. Munro is the coauthor of The Coming Conflict with China, the first major book to argue that the People's Republic of China had emerged as a true rival to America. The New York Times recognized it as one of the most notable books of 1997, and it has been translated into over five languages.  Munro has been a recognized expert in China and Chinese culture since the mid-70's, when he was the bureau chief of the Toronto Globe and Mail.

Table of Contents

Preface to the Vintage Edition
Introduction	p. 3
America is the Enemy	p. 22
"We will Never Seek Hegemony"	p. 51
Speak Loudly But Carry a Small Stick	p. 82
The New China Lobby	p. 105
Deficits, Technology, and Pla, Inc.	p. 130
Flashpoint: Taiwan	p. 149
China's Plan for Japan	p. 166
China Versus America: A War Game	p. 186
Conclusion: Coping with China	p. 203
Notes	p. 223
Acknowledgments	p. 233
Index	p. 235
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