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Still rising or risen (or both)? Why and how China matters

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Breslin, Shaun (2017) Still rising or risen (or both)? Why and how China matters. The Pacific Review . pp. 1-15. doi:10.1080/09512748.2017.1302976

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09512748.2017.1302976

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Abstract

When external eyes turned to China 30 years ago (if they did at all), the focus was still on the extent to which it might be breaking away from its socialist economic past. And though we did not know it at the time, intra-elite debates over how far (and to where) reforms should go would eventually play some part in shaping what happened in Tiananmen Square in 1989; events that would place China on the verge of international isolation. This paper traces the evolution from isolation to a position where some in China now think it is now second only to the USA in the ranking of world powers. It will focus on how scholarship on China in the journal has changed over the years, but also on some of the constants and recurring questions and issues that have inspired research over the years. In addition, notwithstanding a very real and very large shift in China's global power capabilities, it will suggest that asking if China matters, or more correctly, how China matters in different issue areas, remains a very useful intellectual exercise today.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: D History General and Old World > DS Asia
Divisions: Faculty of Social Sciences > Politics and International Studies
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): China -- History -- 21st century, China -- History -- Tiananmen Square Incident, 1989
Journal or Publication Title: The Pacific Review
Publisher: Routledge
ISSN: 0951-2748
Official Date: 20 March 2017
Dates:
DateEvent
20 March 2017Available
23 March 2017Accepted
Date of first compliant deposit: 9 June 2017
Number of Pages: 15
Page Range: pp. 1-15
DOI: 10.1080/09512748.2017.1302976
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Restricted or Subscription Access

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