China's civilian army : the making of wolf warrior diplomacy

"China's Civilian Army tells the story of China's transformation from an isolated and impoverished communist state to a global superpower from the perspective of its diplomats. In the early days of the People's Republic, diplomats were highly-disciplined, committed communists who...

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VerfasserIn: Martin, Peter
Ort / Verlag / Datum:New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2021]
Erscheinungsjahr:2021
Sprache:Englisch
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Klassifikation:327 Europäische Union, Internationale Politik
950 Geschichte Asiens
327.51
Beschreibung:viii, 298 Seiten; 25 cm
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Zusammenfassung:"China's Civilian Army tells the story of China's transformation from an isolated and impoverished communist state to a global superpower from the perspective of its diplomats. In the early days of the People's Republic, diplomats were highly-disciplined, committed communists who feared revealing any weakness to the threatening capitalist world. Remarkably, the model that revolutionary leader Zhou Enlai established continues to this day despite the massive changes the country has undergone in recent decades. Even today, Chinese diplomats work in pairs so that one can always watch the other for signs of ideological impurity. China's Civilian Army charts the history of China's diplomatic corps from its earliest days through to the present, drawing on the memoirs of more than a hundred retired diplomats and dozens of interviews"--
ISBN:9780197513705
AC Nummer:AC16381152
Hierarchiestufe:Monografie
Erscheinungsform:Buch
Inhalt:Text
Medientyp:Analog
Datenträger:Analog