{"product_id":"chinas-galaxy-empire-wealth-power-war-and-peace-in-the-new-chinese-century-hardcover","title":"China's Galaxy Empire: Wealth, Power, War, and Peace in the New Chinese Century - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Keane\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eBaogang He\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eChina's Galaxy Empire\u003c\/em\u003e target a development of enormous significance: China's return, after two centuries of decline and subjugation, to a position of prominence in world affairs. The daring thesis is that China is a newly rising empire of a kind never before witnessed: a galaxy empire. The first to be born of the digital communications era, this young empire is economically and politically powerful, and heavily armed. Its gravitational, push-pull effects are impacting every continent--and even outer space, where China is competing with the United States, India, and Europe to become the leading power. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe galaxy empire interpretation rejects clichéd misdescriptions of China as a \"big power\" or monolithic \"autocracy\", and it explains why China defies older definitions of land, sea, and air-based empires. The book charts the developments that have made its rising empire so novel, including the launch of the Belt and Road Initiative, the rapid rise of a global Chinese middle class, and internal colonialism in Tibet and Xinjiang. The book notes the protean, shapeshifting qualities of this young empire. It therefore warns against the political and military perils of simple-minded, friend-versus-enemy thinking and \"Big China, Bad China\" politics. But it also proffers a forewarning to China's rulers: while every rising empire aims to shift the balance of power in its favour, no empire lasts forever, and some are stillborn, because they indulge illusions of greatness and reckless power adventures.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJohn Keane\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of Politics at the University of Sydney. He is renowned globally for his creative thinking about politics, history, media, democracy, and is the author of many distinguished books including the bestselling \u003cem\u003eTom Paine: A Political Life\u003c\/em\u003e (1995) and \u003cem\u003eThe Shortest History of Democracy\u003c\/em\u003e (2022), which has so far been published in 15 languages. He has contributed to \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAl Jazeera\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eDie Zeit\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eHindustan Times\u003c\/em\u003e, and the \u003cem\u003eSouth China Morning Post\u003c\/em\u003e. He was nominated for the 2021 Balzan Prize (Italy) and the Holberg Prize (Norway) for outstanding global contributions to the human sciences. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBaogang He\u003c\/strong\u003eÂis Alfred Deakin Professor at Deakin University and Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia. Professor He is widely known for his workÂon Chinese politics, in particularÂdeliberative politics in China, andÂregionalism, international relations, federalism, and multiculturalism in Asia. His publicationsÂinclude essaysÂinÂScience, Â\u003cem\u003eBritish Journal of Political Science\u003c\/em\u003e, Â\u003cem\u003eJournal of Peace Research\u003c\/em\u003e, Â\u003cem\u003ePolitical Theory, ÂPolitical Studies\u003c\/em\u003e, andÂ\u003cem\u003ePerspectives on Politics\u003c\/em\u003e. His published books includeÂ\u003cem\u003eRural Democracy in China\u003c\/em\u003eÂ(2007), Â\u003cem\u003eGoverning Taiwan and Tibet\u003c\/em\u003eÂ(2015), andÂthe co-editedÂ\u003cem\u003eChina and North Korea's Human Rights\u003c\/em\u003eÂ(2021).\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 9.6 x 6.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 07, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51749320294688,"sku":"9780197629116","price":51.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/9430c2b8f0e6fcd1a954c1fb607613ed.webp?v=1779929668","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/chinas-galaxy-empire-wealth-power-war-and-peace-in-the-new-chinese-century-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}