Introduction : The Fateful embrace of Communism and Its Consequence
Joining the Socialist Camp
War in Korea and Indochina
The Sino-Soviet Schism: the race to communism and great power status
Sino-Indian Conflict and the Sino-Soviet Alliance
Reviving Revolutionary Momentum, 1962-1965
Revolutionary China's Quest to Transform Southeast Asia
Countering the United States in Vietnam : Proxy War with the United States
The Cultural Revolution, 1966-1969
Rapprochement with the United States
Countering Soviet Encirclement and Trying to Preserve Mao's Legacy
Opening to the Outside World
China's Pedagogic War with Vietnam
The Strategic Triangle and the Four Modernizations
Normalization with the Asian Powers: Soviet Union, India, Iran and Japan
1989: The CCP's Near Escape and Its Aftermath
The Diplomacy of Damage Control
19. The Crisis Deepens: Collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe and the USSR
Constraining Unipolarity in an Unbalanced International System
China and America in the Persian Gulf
The Recovery of Hong Kong
Military Confrontation with the United States
China's Long Debate over Response to the US Challenge
China's Emergence as a Global Economic Power
Reassuring and Unnerving the Neighbors : Japan
Reassuring and Unnerving the Neighbors : India
China's Quest for Modernity and the Tides of World History.
