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China, August 2008
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Fragile Superpower
Oxford University Press
August 2008
On Sale: August 15, 2008
336 pages
ISBN: 0195373197
EAN: 9780195373196
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Non-Fiction Political
Once a sleeping giant, China today is the world's fastest
growing economy--the leading manufacturer of cell phones,
laptop computers, and digital cameras--a dramatic turn-
around that alarms many Westerners. But in China: Fragile
Superpower, Susan L. Shirk opens up the black box of
Chinese politics and finds that the real danger lies
elsewhere--not in China's astonishing growth, but in the
deep insecurity of its leaders. China's leaders face a
troubling paradox: the more developed and prosperous the
country becomes, the more insecure and threatened they
feel. Shirk, a former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State
responsible for China, knows many of today's Chinese rulers
personally and has studied them for three decades. She
offers invaluable insight into how they think--and what
they fear. In this revealing book, readers see the world
through the eyes of men like President Hu Jintao and former
President Jiang Zemin. We discover a fragile communist
regime desperate to survive in a society turned upside down
by miraculous economic growth and a stunning new openness
to the greater world. Indeed, ever since the 1989 pro-
democracy protests in Tiananmen Square and the fall of
communism in the Soviet Union, Chinese leaders have been
afraid of its own citizens, and this fear motivates many of
their decisions when dealing with the U.S. and other
nations. In particular, the fervent nationalism of the
Chinese people, combined with their passionate resentment
of Japan and attachment to Taiwan, have made relations with
this country a minefield. The paperback edition features a
new preface by the author.
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