| Author/Contributor(s): | Liu, Xiaoyuan |
| Publisher: | Continuum |
| Date: | 08/12/2010 |
| Binding: | Paperback |
| Condition: | NEW |
PrefaceList of MapsPart I A Territorial Perception of Modern ChinaChapter 1 Modern Transformation of Chinese Territoriality Territoriality Historical China Sovereignty TransformationChapter 2 China's Central Asian Identity Chinese Nationalism Frontier Nationalism Failure of Containment Part II Chinese Nationalist Experiences Chapter 3 Resume China's Korean Connection Illusive Greatness Abortive Partnership Elusive ContingenciesChapter 4 Recast China's Role in Vietnam "Big Brother" Options Drifting Chapter 5 Reassert Chinese Authority in a Frontier "Mongolian Question" "International Conspiracy" "Restoration"Part III Chinese Communist EthnopoliticsChapter 6 "National Question" with Chinese Characteristics Bolshevism in China Revolutionary Independence Interethnic Contact Two Wings of NationalismChapter 7 Solve Rubik's Cube in the Steppes Bloc, National, and Ethnic Politics National and Frontier Priorities Autonomy as RebellionChapter 8 Break the Vicious Circle along the Himalayas Reverse a Verdict Convert the Dalai Lama Reform Tibet, or Not "Let Them Go"Part IV From World War to Cold War Chapter 9 The United States and Frontier China European and Asian "Minorities" "Chinese Unification" China's "Three Corners" Politics of "Color" and "Shape"Chapter 10 Mongolia between Beijing and Moscow From Party to State Old and New "Kitchen" American Wedge Mongolian CrackChapter 11 Cold and Hot Wars along the Himalayas Second Cold War Front Covert Operations From Friends to Foes From Comrades to AdversariesEpilogue Search for a Frontier Theme BibliographyIndex