China and her neighbours : Asian diplomacy from ancient history to the present /: Asian diplomacy from ancient history to the present. ([2019])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Michael Tai.
• Authors: Tai, Michael
• Contents: Chapter 1: Introduction: can the world trust China? -- Chapter 2: China and Japan; Early contacts; Tribute system; Japan in the tribute system; Relations with the Tang; Relations with the Song; Relations with the Yuan; Relations with the Ming; Toyotomi Hideyoshi; San Francisco system; Political identity -- Chapter 3: The Ryukyu Kingdom; Discrimination on the mainland; Okinawan migration overseas; America and the Ryukyu Kingdom; Typhoon of steel -- Chapter 4: Vietnam; A thousand-year rule; Independence and Chinese invasions; The Tay Son uprising; French rule; Sino-Viet relations during the colonial period; Ho Chi Minh; World War II; The tiger and the elephant; Dien Bien Phu; The Geneva accord; The second Indochina war; Daniel Ellesberg and the Pentagon Papers; Discord over Cambodia; Post Vietnam War; Invasion of Cambodia -- Chapter 5: The Philippines; The Chinese in the Philippines; Chinese mestizos; Nationalism; Spanish rule; Secularization; José Rizal; Revolution; The Katipunan; The battle of Manila Bay; The siege of Manila; Chinese mestizos in the Philippine-American war; José Ignacio Paua; American conduct; Annexation of the Philippines; The Chinese under American Rule; The Japanese Occupation; Post war integration; China policy -- Chapter 6: Malaysia; Early contacts with China; The Malacca Sultanate; The Portuguese; The Dutch; The British; The Chinese; Secret societies; Kapitan Yap Ah Loy; Economic progress; Banking; Manufacturing; Europeans and Asians; Political awakening; Tan Kah Kee; Japanese occupation; Chin Peng; Postwar Malaya; Onn Jaafar; 13 May; New economic policy; Chinese under the NEP; Sino-Malaysian relations; Mahathir Mohamad -- Chapter 7: Territorial disputes; South China Sea; Scramble for rocks; The Senakaku/Diaoyu Islands; Tokyo's claim -- Chapter 8: China and the world order; The Portuguese; The Dutch; The British; The French; The Americans; The missionaries; The treaty of Versailles; From isolation to integration
• Publisher Details: London : Zed Books
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (xi, 299 pages), map
• Subjects: 327.51; Diplomatic relations; China -- Foreign relations; China; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781786997791; 1786997797; 9781786997807; 1786997800; 9781786997784; 1786997789
• Related ISBNs: 9781786997760; 1786997762
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-293) and index.; Note: Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 04, 2019).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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