Recast All under Heaven Revolution, War, Diplomacy, and Frontier China in the 20th Century

by Liu, Xiaoyuan

• ISBN13: 9781441134899
• ISBN10: 1441134891
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-08-12
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic

Summary

A unique work that combines the 20th-century history of all China's frontier lands in one book.

Author Biography

Xiaoyuan Liu is professor of history at Iowa State University, USA, and he also holds a Zijiang Professorship at the Center of Cold War International History. Studies, East China Normal University, Shanghai.

Table of Contents

List of Maps	p. vii
Preface	p. viii
A Territorial Perception of Modern China
Modern Transformation of Chinese Territoriality	p. 3
Territoriality	p. 3
Historical China	p. 6
Sovereignty	p. 8
Transformation	p. 10
China's Central Asian Identity	p. 19
Chinese Nationalism	p. 19
Frontier Nationalism	p. 23
Failure of Containment	p. 29
Chinese Nationalist Experiences
Resume China's Korean Connection	p. 39
Illusive Greatness	p. 39
Abortive Partnership	p. 44
Elusive Contingencies	p. 51
Recast China's Role in Vietnam	p. 63
ôBig Brotherö	p. 63
Options	p. 67
Drifting	p. 73
Reassert Chinese Authority in a Frontier	p. 85
ôMongolian Questionö	p. 87
ôInternational Conspiracyö	p. 89
ôRestorationö	p. 94
Chinese Communist Ethnopolitics
ôNational Questionö with Chinese Characteristics	p. 109
Bolshevism in China	p. 109
Revolutionary Independence	p. 113
Interethnic Contact	p. 117
Two Wings of Nationalism	p. 121
Solve Rubik's Cube in the Steppes	p. 133
Bloc, National, and Ethnic Politics	p. 136
National and Frontier Priorities	p. 139
Autonomy as Rebellion	p. 145
Break the Vicious Circle along the Himalayas	p. 153
Reverse a Verdict	p. 156
Convert the Dalai Lama	p. 158
Reform Tibet, or Not	p. 161
ôLet Them Goö	p. 164
From World War to Cold War
The United States and Frontier China	p. 171
European and Asian ôMinoritiesö	p. 171
ôChinese Unificationö	p. 176
China's ôThree Cornersö	p. 179
Politics of ôColorö and ôShapeö	p. 183
Mongolia between Beijing and Moscow	p. 187
From Party to State	p. 188
Old and New ôKitchenö	p. 191
American Wedge	p. 197
Mongolian Crack	p. 200
Cold and Hot Wars along the Himalayas	p. 207
Second Cold War Front	p. 209
Covert Operations	p. 213
From Friends to Foes	p. 216
From Comrades to Adversaries	p. 220
Epilogue: Search for a Frontier Theme	p. 229
Bibliography	p. 242
Index	p. 259
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