Recentering Pacific Asia by Brantly Womack, Wang Gungwu, Wu Y... - 9781009393836

Recentering Pacific AsiaRegional China and World Order\nAuthor(s): Brantly Womack, Wang Gungwu, Wu Yu-Shan, Qin Yaqing, Evelyn Goh\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781009393836, 978-1009393836\nSynopsis\nThe Pacific Rim of Asia Pacific Asia is now the world's largest and most cohesive economic region, and China has returned to its center. China's global outlook is shaped by its regional experience, first as a pre-modern Asian center, then displaced by Western-oriented modernization, and now returning as a central producer and market in a globalized region. Developments since 2008 have been so rapid that future directions are uncertain, but China's presence, population, and production guarantee it a key role. As a global competitor, China has awakened American anxieties and the US-China rivalry has become a major concern for the rest of the world. However, rather than facing a power transition b.