China and the Third World - by Lillian Craig Harris & Robert L Worden (Hardcover)

About the Book

With its vast population and resources, China has far more potential to become a major world power than any other Third World nation. How, then, can it be grouped with the underdeveloped countries of the world? In this original study by outstanding Asian scholars, China's Third World identification is explored in relations to its domestic policies, ideology, strategic and economic imperatives, and positioning in world affairs.

Book Synopsis

With its vast population and resources, China has far more potential to become a major world power than any other Third World nation. How, then, can it be grouped with the underdeveloped countries of the world? In this original study by outstanding Asian scholars, China's Third World identification is explored in relations to its domestic policies, ideology, strategic and economic imperatives, and positioning in world affairs.

Review Quotes

?Without doubt, this is the best collection of articles thus far on China's evolving relationship with the Third World Countries in Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East. . . . The essays are of a uniformly high quality.?-Choice

"Without doubt, this is the best collection of articles thus far on China's evolving relationship with the Third World Countries in Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East. . . . The essays are of a uniformly high quality."-Choice

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