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China's Civilian Army

The Inside Story of China's Quest for Global Power

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ID19979927
AuthorsPeter Martin (0000-0003-4638-0638, Correspondent, Bloomberg, Bloomberg News, corresponding author)
Year2021
Publication date2021-05-19
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueChina's Civilian Army (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherOxford University PressNew York (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1093/oso/9780197513705.001.0001
OpenAlexW3159994204
Open LibraryOL34689205M
ISBN9780197513705
LanguageEN
Citations received34

China’s Civilian Army tells the story of China’s transformation from an isolated and impoverished communist state to a global superpower from the perspective of its diplomats. In the early days of the People’s Republic, diplomats were highly disciplined, committed communists who feared revealing any weakness to the threatening capitalist world. Remarkably, the model that revolutionary leader Zhou Enlai established continues to this day despite the massive changes the country has undergone in recent decades. Even today, Chinese diplomats work in pairs so that one can always watch the other for signs of ideological impurity. China’s Civilian Army charts the history of China’s diplomatic corps from its earliest days through to the present, drawing on the memoirs of more than a hundred retired diplomats and dozens of interviews

China · Communism · Economic history · Ideology · Memoir · Political science · Politics · State (computer science) · Superpower · Chinese history and philosophy · History · Law · Administration · asia · Chinese Diplomatic and consular service · Diplomatic relations · foreign relations · Foreign relations administration · International Relations

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