TY - BOOK AU - Kueh,Y.Y. TI - Pax Sinica: geopolitics and economics of China's ascendance SN - 9789882208773 AV - HC427.95 .K84 2012eb U1 - 338.951 23 PY - 2012/// KW - Health status indicators KW - China KW - Environmental indicators KW - Science indicators KW - Technology indicators KW - Indicateurs de santé KW - Chine KW - Indicateurs écologiques KW - Indicateurs scientifiques KW - Indicateurs de technologie KW - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS KW - Development KW - Business Development KW - bisacsh KW - Economic Development KW - General KW - Government & Business KW - Structural Adjustment KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE KW - Public Policy KW - Economic Policy KW - International Relations KW - Economic history KW - fast KW - Social conditions KW - Economic conditions KW - 2000- KW - Conditions économiques KW - Conditions sociales N1 - Includes bibliographical references and indexes; Preface; Acknowledgements; Acronyms and Glossaries; 1: Introduction Economic Imperatives versus Geopolitics; 2: The Emergence of the Greater China Economic Circle; 3: Hong Kong Surviving the Open-Door, Reforming Chinese Economy; 4: Guangdong Province Ascending as the "Fifth Dragon"; 5: The US Connection of Hong Kongin China's "One Country, Two Economies" System*; 6: Hong Kong Weathering the Asian Financial Storm*; 7:The Greater China Growth Triangle in the Asian Financial Crisis; 8: Financial Restructuring for Economic Recovery in China and the Hong Kong SAR; 9: The "China Factor" vs. the "US Dollar Peg" in the Success Story of Hong Kong10: China and the Prospects for Economic Integration within APEC; 11: China's New Industries and Regional Economic Realignment in the Asia Pacific; 12: China's WTO Accession, ASEAN10+1, and ECFA "Open Regionalism" at Work; 13: Conclusion Pax Sinica Looming on the Asia-Pacific Horizon; Notes; Name Index; Subject Index N2 - This volume confronts the popular conjecture of a Pax Sinica emerging to replace Pax Americana in the wake of global financial crisis. It argues that by virtue of its overwhelming economic, technological, and military clout, US hegemony will continue to prevail as China's ascendance as a global power accelerates UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=513034 ER -