Robert G. Sutter was an analyst of Asian and Pacific affairs and American foreign policy for the U.S. government for thirty years. He is now Professor of Practice of International Affairs, Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University.
The core of this dictionary by Sutter comprises 500-plus short and
medium-length entries on significant concepts, institutions,
people, places, and events in the foreign affairs of the People's
Republic of China. Although a small number of entries deal with
Chinese history before 1949, most of the content concerns events
since the Chinese Communist Party took control of the Chinese
mainland. Chinese relations with practically every part of the
world garner some coverage, but relations with the US, tensions
with Taiwan, and the Chinese government's foreign policy
establishment attract most of Sutter's attention. The book begins
with a chronology and concise survey of China's foreign relations,
and closes with a substantial bibliography and bibliographic essay.
The entries are very clear but tend to be basic, making the
dictionary most appropriate for undergraduates engaging in their
first forays into the subject. ... Recommended.
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The author is well qualified with a broad history background and
presents concepts relevant to the country. This book would be
extremely important for anybody that is working in the Chinese
foreign policy arena and would also be interesting to business
people setting up branches in China. In fact, it would be helpful
to people who are going to travel in China. It should be in all
libraries that have an international focus.
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Among all the nations of the world, China possesses the greatest
population, the largest armed forces, and (for the present) the
second-largest economy. These facts alone would be enough to oblige
all students of international affairs to take an interest in China,
and therefore to justify many libraries in purchasing this
informative dictionary.
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