China\'s Quest. The History of the Foreign Relations of the People\'s Republic of China - John Garver

560 { China’s Quest publicly say this) were using it as a pretext to expand their military presence in the Gulf. The deteriorati ...

China and America in the Persian Gulf } 561 control Persian Gulf oil in order to be able to coerce the countries depen- dent on ...

562 { China’s Quest China with soft loans.^12 But these were narrow interests. In broader terms, it really didn’t matter to Beij ...

China and America in the Persian Gulf } 563 Beijing also launched active “peace diplomacy” at this juncture to differen- tiate i ...

564 { China’s Quest long, high-casualty, and costly war, very much like the US experience in Vietnam, and that prospects of a US ...

China and America in the Persian Gulf } 565 The display of US high-tech warfare had a deep and enduring impact on China’s milita ...

566 { China’s Quest Xiaoping’s prestige within the PLA had been diminished by 6-4, and PLA people were more willing to criticize ...

China and America in the Persian Gulf } 567 deadline would be followed by “severe consequences,” according to the US draft resol ...

568 { China’s Quest Shortly after the US invasion of Iraq began, several analysts from China’s top think tanks outlined their es ...

China and America in the Persian Gulf } 569 sort of Leninist “transmission belt” linking the party center with the masses. In th ...

570 { China’s Quest During their exchanges of views on international issues of common concern, Chinese leaders discovered in the ...

China and America in the Persian Gulf } 571 calculations, there were more amorphous considerations of national reputa- tion. To ...

572 { China’s Quest mutual understanding, a partnership like that with Pakistan but not chained to a neighboring hostile rival, ...

China and America in the Persian Gulf } 573 further strengthening of friendly and cooperative relations between the two countrie ...

574 { China’s Quest Security Council over Iran’s nuclear program (discussed below) was one rea- son why Iranian leaders favored ...

China and America in the Persian Gulf } 575 activities had involved China—prior to China’s 1997 disengagement from Iran’s nuclea ...

576 { China’s Quest Beijing also insisted that it would be bound only by sanctions agreed to by the Security Council, where Chin ...

China and America in the Persian Gulf } 577 Beijing’s handling of its Persian Gulf dilemma indicated that China ranks maintainin ...

578 22 } The Recovery of Hong Kong Wiping Out National Humiliation Stable recovery of control over Hong Kong on July 1, 1997, af ...

The Recovery of Hong Kong } 579 PRC-British interactions over the reversion of Hong Kong began in the late 1970s. The story of r ...