The new Silk Road diplomacy
Subtitle: China's central Asian foreign policy since the Cold War
By: Hasan H. Karrar
Series: Contemporary Chinese studies; Contemporary Chinese studies
Publisher: UBC Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Vancouver
Language: eng
Number of pages: 252
ISBN-13: 9780774816922; 9780774816939
Subjects: Foreign relations
Other titles: China's central Asian foreign policy since the Cold War
Description: "With the collapse of the Soviet Union, newly independent states sprang up along China's western frontier. Suddenly, Beijing was forced to confront internal challenges to its authority at its border as well as international competition for energy and authority in Central Asia. Hasan Karrar traces how China cooperated with Russia and the Central Asian republics seeking to stabilize the region, facilitate commerce, and build an energy infrastructure. He also shows how this multilateral approach brought Beijing into direct competition with the United States, which views Central Asia as vital to its strategic interests."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [222]-243) and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. The past in the present : the reach of history on the Sino-Central Asian frontier; title: 2. Treading carefully : China enters the Central Asian arena, 1992-96; title: 3. Pushing the boundaries : deepening Sino-Central Asian cooperation, 1996-2001; title: 4. A momentary setback : Sino-Central Asian relations in the post-September 11 world order, 2001-2; title: 5. China in Central Asia : a new regional power after 2002?