Past and present in China's foreign policy
Subtitle: from "tribute system" to "peaceful rise"
By: edited with an introduction by John E. Wills, Jr. ; contributions by Harry Harding ... [et al.].
Contributors: USC U.S.-China Institute
Publisher: MerwinAsia
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Portland, ME
Language: eng
Number of pages: 133
ISBN-13: 9781878282873
Subjects: Congresses; Foreign relations
Notes: "A Project of the U.S. China Institute, University of Southern California."

"The papers in this volume are the products of a conference held at the University of Southern California in February 2008"--Introd.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / John E. Wills, Jr; title: The policy analyst and historical perspectives : notes of a practicioner / Michael D. Swaine; title: How many asymmetries? : continuities, transformations, and puzzles in the study of Chinese foreign relations / John E. Wills, Jr; title: Some things we used to know about China's past and present (but now, not so much) / Alice Lyman Miller; title: Tribute, asymmetry and imperial formations : rethinking relations of power in East Asia / James L. Hevia; title: China and other colonial empires / Peter C. Perdue; title: Recognition, deference, and respect : generalizing the lessons of an asymmetric Asian order / Brantly Womack; title: How the past shapes the present : five ways in which history affects China's contemporary foreign relations / Harry Harding.