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Middle Class Shanghai
Reshaping U.S.-China Engagement
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2021
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The United States may be headed toward a disastrous conflict with China unless Washington updates its understanding of contemporary Chinese society
After four decades of engagement, the United States and China now appear to be locked on a collision course that has already fomented a trade war, seems likely to produce a new cold war, and could even result in dangerous military conflict. The current deterioration of the bilateral relationship is the culmination of years of disputes, disillusionment, disappointment, and distrust between the two countries. Washington has legitimate concerns about Beijing's excessive domestic political control and aggressive foreign policy stances, just as Chinese leaders believe the United States still has futile designs on blocking their country's inevitable rise to great-power status.
Cheng Li's Middle Class Shanghai argues that American policymakers must not lose sight of the expansive dynamism and diversity in present-day China. The caricature of the PRC as a monolithic Communist apparatus set on exporting its ideology and development model is simplistic and misguided. Drawing on empirical research in the realms of higher education, avant-garde art, architecture, and law, this unique study highlights the strong, constructive impact of bilateral exchanges.
Combining eclectic human stories with striking new data analysis, this book addresses the possibility that the development of China's class structure and cosmopolitan cultureexemplified and led by Shanghaicould provide a force for reshaping U.S.-China engagement. Both countries should build upon the deep cultural and educational exchanges that have bound them together for decades. The author concludes that U.S. policymakers should neither underestimate the role and strength of the Chinese middle class, nor ostracize or alienate this force with policies that push it toward jingoistic nationalism to the detriment of both countries and the global community.
With its unique focus, this book will enlighten policymakers, scholars, business leaders, and anyone interested in China and its increasingly fraught relations with the United States.
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2021
ISBN-Print
978-0-8157-3909-8
ISBN-Online
978-0-8157-3910-4
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
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backcover1
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Prologue: Rethinking Global Integration at a Time of Destructive Confrontation No access Pages 1 - 6
Shanghai's Middle Class and China's Future Trajectory No access
A Failure of U.S.-China Engagement? Policy Debates in Washington and Beijing No access
Social Stratification and Cultural Pluralism in Reform-Era China: Scholarly Debates No access
Haipai: Shanghai Exceptionalism and Cultural Transnationalism No access
The "Magic Capital" and the "Head of the Dragon:" The Birth of China's Manhattan No access
From Jiang to Xi: The Enduring Power and Influence of the "Shanghai Gang" No access
"Sea Turtles:" The Study Abroad Movement and the Tidal Wave of Returnees No access
The Impact of Educational Exchanges: Returnees in Shanghai No access
Attitudes and Values: A Longitudinal Survey of Foreign-Educated Elites in Shanghai No access
Western Influence and Illusion: Shanghai's Booming Contemporary Art Scene No access
Dialoguing with the West: Critiques of Globalization by Shanghai's Avant-Garde Artists No access
Toward a Dynamic and Diverse Society: Implications for China and the United States No access
