China in world politics / John R. Faust, Judith F. Kornberg.

Includes bibliographical references.

China in the Cold War. Chinese Politics and Ideology. The Ascendancy of Adam Smith over Karl Marx? The Collapse of the Soviet Empire. Sino-U.S. Relations. China and Its Neighbors in the Post-Cold War Era. Emerging Global Regimes. Alternative Scenarios: 2000 and Beyond -- 1. New Ideologies in the Post-Cold War Era. The Chinese World Order. The Cold War World System. The People's Republic of China. Origins of the New World Order. China's Goals in the New World Order. Policy Options in the Post-Cold War Era -- 2. Chinese Politics and Ideology. China's Traditional Foreign Relations. The Mandate of Heaven and the Chinese Communist Party. Nationalism, Irredentism, and Chinese Minorities. Solutions to Irredentism: Hong Kong and Taiwan. Human Rights and Political Freedoms: China Before and After Tiananmen. The Problem of Decentralization: Empire, Federation, or Anarchy? The Problem of Succession and China's Political Future -- 3. The Ascendancy of Adam Smith over Karl Marx.

The New Economics: Deng Xiaoping and the Open Door. Technology, Markets, and Education: The Japanese or the Western Model? Economic Revolution in Rural China: Life in the Chinese Village. Joint Ventures and Special Economic Zones. Trade and Tourism: How Much Exposure to Interdependence? Economic Liberalism, Political Freedom, and Human Rights: What Relationship? -- 4. The Collapse of the Soviet Empire. Traditional Rivalries: Qing China and Romanov Russia. Revolutionary Relations: The Bolsheviks and the Chinese Communists. Two Communist Superpowers. The Brezhnev Doctrine. Gorbachev and Sino-Soviet Relations. The End of Communism. The Four Modernizations Versus Glasnost and Perestroika. Russia and China in the New Era -- 5. China and the United States. Historical Background. The Cold War Years. The Post-Cold War Era -- 6. China and Its Neighbors in the Post-Cold War Era. The Question of Two Koreas. Getting Along with Southeast Asia. The Balance of Power in South Asia. How to Deal with Central Asia?

7. China and Japan: Partners or Rivals in the Twenty-first Century? Japan: Partner or Rival? Trade and Investment. Possibilities for Sino-Japanese Partnership. Chinese Perceptions of Japan's Security Role. Asia's Future Balance-of-Power System. China and Japan at the Crossroads -- 8. Emerging Global Regimes. Peaceful Coexistence. China, the United Nations, and Collective Security in the New Era. Arms Control or Arms Races: Chinese Alternatives. International Finance: The International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. International Trade: Open or Closed Systems? Dealing with the Environment -- 9. Alternative Scenarios: 2000 and Beyond. The Rise of China. China's Role in the Emerging International Security System. China as a Regional Power. China and the Third World. China and the New World Order Redux: Problems and Solutions -- Chronology of Most-Favored-Nation Status.