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1. Imperial China: Practice Makes Perfect? -- China's first rise -- The tribute system -- The Imperial legacy -- 2. The People's Republic of China: Early Foreign and Security Policy Choices -- The Mao era -- US-China re-engagement -- Post-Cold War: The United States repositions China in its worldview -- China re-calibrates -- The 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks -- Taiwan and Korea: continuing flashpoints -- Taiwan -- Korea -- 3. China's Military Modernisation -- The transparency question -- Defence Doctrine and Force Posture -- Nuclear forces -- Assessment.

China's transformation has been patiently, methodically and very deliberately constructed by a leadership group that has equally carefully protected its monopoly on power. Today's China is proceeding with great seriousness and determination to become a first-rank state with a balanced portfolio of power and no major vulnerabilities. China takes itself very seriously and is inviting the world to overlook the formidable hard power assets it is determined to acquire in favour of simply enjoying the fruits of its market and trusting in the sincerity of its rhetoric on being determined to become a benign and peaceful new-age major power.

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