Reluctant restraint
Subtitle: the evolution of China's nonproliferation policies and practices, 1980-2004
By: Evan S. Medeiros.
Publisher: Stanford University Press; East-West Center/Stanford University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Stanford, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 357
ISBN-13: 9780804755528
Subjects: Arms control -- China; Nuclear nonproliferation -- China; China -- Foreign relations -- United States; United States -- Foreign relations -- China
Description: 'Reluctant Restraint' examines one of the most important changes in Chinese foreign policy since the country opened to the world China's gradual move to support the nonproliferation of nuclear weapons, missiles, and their related goods and technologies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [319]-350) and index.
Table of contents: title: A gradual engagement: China and nuclear nonproliferation; title: Reluctant participant: China, missile nonproliferation, and the missile technology control regime; title: Negative feedback: assessing the impact of U.S. missile defense on Chinese arms-control and nonproliferation policies; title: A cultural evolution: the development of China's arms-control and nonproliferation community.