China's Civilian Army
The Making of Wolf Warrior Diplomacy
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 20 April 2023
- ISBN 9780197647028
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages320 pages
- Size 148x228x20 mm
- Weight 445 g
- Language English 367
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Short description:
In China's Civilian Army, long-time China reporter Peter Martin combines a fast-paced history of the Chinese Communist Party's diplomatic corps with a deeply researched and revealing account of how China engages the world today through its diplomatic "civilian army." Drawing from over 100 memoirs by Chinese diplomats as well as years of interviews, he provides a rich portrait of how they operate-and how they are viewed by their counterparts in other nations. As China flexes its muscles across the globe, understanding the methods and motivations of Chinese diplomats will become essential for governments, business leaders, and scholars everywhere.
MoreLong description:
The untold story of China's rise as a global superpower, chronicled through the diplomatic shock troops that connect Beijing to the world.
China's Civilian Army charts China's transformation from an isolated and impoverished communist state to a global superpower from the perspective of those on the front line: China's diplomats. They give a rare perspective on the greatest geopolitical drama of the last half century.
In the early days of the People's Republic, diplomats were highly-disciplined, committed communists who feared revealing any weakness to the threatening capitalist world. Remarkably, the model that revolutionary leader Zhou Enlai established continues to this day despite the massive changes the country has undergone in recent decades.
Little is known or understood about the inner workings of the Chinese government as the country bursts onto the world stage, as the world's second largest economy and an emerging military superpower. China's Diplomats embody its battle between insecurity and self-confidence, internally and externally. To this day, Chinese diplomats work in pairs so that one can always watch the other for signs of ideological impurity. They're often dubbed China's "wolf warriors" for their combative approach to asserting Chinese interests.
Drawing for the first time on the memoirs of more than a hundred retired diplomats as well as author Peter Martin's first-hand reporting as a journalist in Beijing, this groundbreaking book blends history with current events to tease out enduring lessons about the kind of power China is set to become. It is required reading for anyone who wants to understand China's quest for global power, as seen from the inside.
The author makes extensive use of Chinese language documents; particularly interesting are the memoirs of retired Chinese diplomats used by him. They provide an insight into the inside of Chinese diplomacy.
Table of Contents:
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1: The Founder
Chapter 2: Shadow Diplomacy
Chapter 3: War by Other Means
Chapter 4: Chasing Respectability
Chapter 5: Between Truth and Lies
Chapter 6: Diplomacy in Retreat
Chapter 7: Selective Integration
Chapter 8: Rethinking Capitalism
Chapter 9: The Fightback
Chapter 10: Ambition Realized
Chapter 11: Overreach
Conclusion
Notes
