Title Powerful patriots : nationalist protest in China's foreign relations / Jessica Chen Weiss

Published New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2014]

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Description 1 online resource (x, 341 pages) : illustrations Contents Introduction -- Nationalist protest and authoritarian diplomacy -- Anti-American protest and U.S.-China crisis diplomacy -- The 1985 anti-Japan protests and Sino-Japanese relations in the 1980s -- Protests repressed : Sino-Japenese relations in the 1990s -- The 2005 anti-Japan Protests and Sino-Japanese relations in the 2000s -- Protests restrained : repairing Sino-Japanese relations (2006-2010) and the 2010 trawler collision -- The 2012 anti-Japan protests and the Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands crisis -- Conclusion Summary 'Powerful Patriots' examines the role of nationalist protest in China's foreign relations from 1978 to 2012, arguing that the Chinese government's decision to allow or repress potentially destabilizing anti-foreign street demonstrations reveals information about its resolve and willingness to compromise in diplomacy What role do nationalism and popular protest play in China's foreign relations? Chinese authorities permitted anti-American demonstrations in 1999 but repressed them in 2001 during two crises in U.S.-China relations. Anti-Japanese protests were tolerated in 1985, 2005, and 2012 but banned in 1990 and 1996. Protests over Taiwan, the issue of greatest concern to Chinese nationalists, have never been allowed. To explain this variation, Powerful Patriots identifies the diplomatic as well as domestic factors that drive protest management in authoritarian states. Because nationalist protests are costly to repress and may turn against the government, allowing protests demonstrates resolve and makes compromise more costly in diplomatic relations. Repressing protests, by contrast, sends a credible signal of reassurance, facilitating diplomatic flexibility. Powerful Patriots traces China's management of dozens of nationalist protests and their consequences between 1985 and 2012. -- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-331) and index Notes Print version record Subject Demonstrations -- China -- 20th century Demonstrations -- China -- 21st century POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Essays. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- General. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- National. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Reference. Demonstrations Diplomatic relations Politics and government Außenbeziehungen Demonstration Patriotismus Nationalbewusstsein Demonstrationer -- Kina. Kina -- utrikesrelationer -- 1976- SUBJECT China -- Foreign relations -- 1976- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85024031 China -- Politics and government -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85024167 China -- Politics and government -- 21st century Subject China China Japan USA Kina -- politik och förvaltning. Kina -- internationella relationer. Form Electronic book ISBN 9780190206888 0190206888 9780199387571 0199387575 0199387567 9780199387564

Other Titles Nationalist protest in China's foreign relations

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