An Analysis of David C. Kang's China Rising - Peace, Power and Or...

An Analysis of David C. Kang's China Rising: Peace, Power and Order in East Asia (The Macat Library)

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English | 98 pages | Macat Library; 1st edition (July 25, 2017) | 1912303310 | PDF | 7 Mb

A critical analysis of David C. Kang’s China Rising, which is a fine example of an author making use of creative thinking skills to reach a conclusion that flies in the face of traditional thinking.

The conventional view that the book opposed, known in international relations as ‘realism,’ was that the rise of any new global power results in global or regional instability. As such, China’s development as a world economic powerhouse worried mainstream western geopolitical scholars, whose concerns were based on the realist assumption that individual countries will inevitably compete for dominance. Evaluating these arguments, and finding both their relevance and adequacy wanting, Kang instead turned traditional thinking on its head by looking at Asian history without preconceptions, and with analytical open-mindedness.